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SUBMITTER: Fuchs C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7814113 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fuchs Christiane C Pham Linh L Henderson Jermaine J Stalnaker Katherine J KJ Anderson R Rox RR Tam Joshua J
Scientific reports 20210118 1
Impaired wound healing is an immense medical challenge, and while autologous skin grafting remains the "gold-standard" therapeutic option for repairing wounds that cannot be closed by primary or secondary intention, it is limited by substantial donor site morbidity. We previously developed the alternative approach of harvesting full-thickness skin tissue in the form of "micro skin tissue columns" (MSTCs), without causing scarring or any other long-term morbidity. In this study we investigated ho ...[more]