Split-thickness skin graft

Why are we operating?

Borrowing the top layers of skin from a healthy site to resurface a wound that cannot close itself; the graft survives on the bed it lands on, which is the whole art.

Indication: Burns after excision, large wounds with a healthy granulating bed, donor coverage after flap harvest.

The operation in 4 steps

1. 01Preparing the recipient bed

2. 02Harvesting the graft

3. 03Meshing and application

4. 04Dressing and immobilisation