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Transplantation of Skin

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1978
Foreign skin continues to represent the most useful method of reducing fluid, protein, heat, and energy loss, controlling infection, and protecting underlying structures in large open wounds. Patient selection, xenografts or allografts, immunosuppression, and temporary skin allografting are considered.
Paul S. Russell, John F. Burke, A. Benedict Cosimi   +2 more
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Skin Transplantation

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1992
Transplantation of skin has been recognized as a method to increase the survival of patients who have suffered a massive skin deficit. Until about 30 years ago, a patient who suffered a 60% BSA skin deficit usually died from the effects of overwhelming sepsis.
M A, Kinner, W L, Daly
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Skin Cancers and Lung Transplant

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2021
AbstractIt is well known that solid-organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) have a 65- to 100-fold increase in the risk of developing skin cancer, namely, nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) such as cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
John A. Carucci, Reason Wilken, Mary L. Stevenson   +2 more
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History of skin transplantation

Clinics in Dermatology, 2005
Some of the most interesting occurrences in the history of skin transplantation in Europe and North America took place in India. This article highlights the development of the pedicle flap and the free skin graft through the 19th century, beginning, as is most appropriate in this field of applied science, with an exploration of the cultural mores that ...
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Skin cancer after transplantation

Transplantation Reviews, 2009
Advances in transplantation technique and posttransplantation immunosuppression have resulted in continual improvements in survival and quality of life of transplant recipients. The improved quality of life afforded in the posttransplantation period allows patients to lead more active lifestyles, which often includes increased exposure to solar ...
Thomas Stasko, Bradley T. Kovach
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Allogenic skin: transplant or dressing?

Burns, 2002
The use of biological dressings is an established aspect of contemporary burns care. The type and source of these biological materials can give rise to both legal and ethical issues. This paper looks at these issues in relation to allogenic skin. It is argued, from a medical perspective, that non-viable allogenic skin, cannot be transplanted and so ...
Andrew Burd, Henry Lau, P.K. Lam
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Mouse Skin Transplantation

2014
Mouse nonvascularized skin transplant model is used to investigate the immunological mechanisms of graft chronic/acute rejection and mainly characterized by its easy surgical procedure compared with other vascularized transplant models. Importantly, skin graft rejecting process is reliable and reproducible in the aspect of allogeneic responses ...
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Skin Lesions in Transplant Patients

Dermatologic Clinics, 1990
A multitude of skin lesions that are seen following organ transplantation have been presented. Many of them, such as opportunistic infections, are related to the immunosuppressive agents used to prevent graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease. Corticosteroids and cyclosporine commonly produce other skin changes as well.
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Skin Cancer Education in Transplant Recipients

Progress in Transplantation, 2008
In the past 20 years, long-term survival for solid-organ transplant recipients has improved dramatically; about 223 000 patients are alive in the United States with organ transplants today. As survival rates improve, however, the morbidity and mortality associated with lifelong immunosuppressive therapy is increasing in significance.
Alan C. Geller, Ilana Feuerstein
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