CELLUTOME™ Epidermal Harvesting System

Autor: Jasmina Kröpfl, Dominika Vrbnjak, Skender Veliu
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Vol 2, Iss 2 (2018)
ISSN: 2616-4922
2521-8778
Popis: Background: Treatment of acute and chronic wounds are a major challenge. In modern medicine, numerous approaches to wound healing are known. One of them is the use of epidermal autologous grafts. The purpose of this article is to present the use of automated epidermal harvesting system (CELLUTOMETM Epidermal Harvesting System; KCI, an Acelity company, San Antonio, TX, USA) in General Hospital dr. Jože Potrč Ptuj, Slovenija.Case presentation: Treatment of a patient with a chronic wound after ruptured varicose veins on the right shin, a patient with a chronic wound after crash injury and a patient with nonhealing postoperative wound using CELLUTOMETM Epidermal Harvesting System are described.Conclusion: Our results showed the positive effects of epidermal autologous grafts on the healing process of various types of wounds and confirmed the advantages of this system for the production of epidermal autologous grafts.
Databáze: OpenAIRE