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What skin do plastic surgeons use when they make a skin graft?
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Patient's own skin: A graft that is expected to "take" and heal long-term requires it be from the recipient patient. We can harvest full-thickness grafts (and surgically close the donor site) or use split-thickness grafts by utilizing specialized dermatomes (blades) to take the top skin layers. The donor site heals with some scarring, but you have a graft to cover a damaged area. Grafts can be meshed to cover more.
Answered 8/11/2012
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Dermatome: The instrument to make a skin graft is either a knife or a dermatome.
Answered 9/28/2016
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