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When someone has skin reduction surgery, can that be used for skin grafts for others?

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No: Skin can be transplanted in same individual but not in others.

Answered 1/5/2019

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Testing too costly.: In the vast majority of instances the tissues are discarded as medical waste and incinerated. On occasion the tissues may be used in the same individual as a pedicled flap as seen in the tram flap procedure for breast reconstruction. The component tissues can be used as a skin graft or the fat can be harvested and used for breast or buttock augmentation only in same or identical twin

Answered 8/6/2014

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