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Glossary Procedure

Skin graft

Polski: Przeszczep skóry Czytaj po polsku →

A thin layer of skin removed from one part of the body and placed on a wound elsewhere; survives initially by absorbing nutrients before new blood vessels grow in from the wound bed.

Articles mentioning this term

  1. Free tissue transfer: principles, applications, and current practice

    Conceptual overview of free flap surgery — what a free flap is, where the technique came from, the workhorse flaps, outcomes, and current directions.