Achieving self-sufficiency in skin allograft: A Singapore experience.

Autor: Chong SJ; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore., Low ZL; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore. Electronic address: zhenluan.low@mohh.com.sg., Yick J; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore., Khoo YC; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore., Chua AWC; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries [Burns] 2024 Jun; Vol. 50 (5), pp. 1062-1067. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 03.
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.01.025
Abstrakt: Aim: This paper describes how Singapore achieved skin allograft self-sufficiency in 2017 by adopting 5 key strategies in 2012.
Background: Singapore General Hospital (SGH) established its own allograft recovery programme in 1998 but was still dependent on overseas allograft procurement.
Key Strategies: RESULTS: The allograft recovery programme expanded from 4 to all 20 institutions. Donor referrals increased by 42.9% from 35 in 2014 to over 50 currently. Donor numbers increased by 210%, rising from 4.5 per year before 2015 to an average of 14 per year from 2015 to 2022. The total allografts recovered increased by 223%, climbing from 13,000 to 42,000 annually. Cryopreservation was adopted, extending shelf life to 5.5 years and doubling storage capacity to more than 140,000 cm 2 in 2022.
Conclusion: Singapore achieved skin allograft self-sufficiency with no overseas procurement since 2017.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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