A Study to Analyse the Influence of Bacterial Bio-Burden on the Success Rate of Split Thickness Skin Grafting

Introduction: Split Thickness Skin Grafting (STSG) is one of the main surgical procedures to repair soft tissue loss in patients with non-healing chronic wounds. Even when the prerequisites for successful grafting are met, graft may fail if the wound bed contains more than 105 bacteria/g of tissue....

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Main Authors: S Geethabanu, R Vanaja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11607/35793_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(AGAK)_PFA(OM)_PN(P)_PB(AG_SS).pdf