Klapper AM, Moradian S, Pack P, et al.
Advances in skin & wound care. Date of publication 2016 Dec 1;volume 29(12):540-545.
1. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2016 Dec;29(12):540-545.
New Technique: Acute Minced Expansion Graft of Traumatic Wound Tissue.
Klapper AM(1), Moradian S, Pack P.
Author information:
(1)Andrew Mark Klapper, MD, is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Delray
Medical Center, Advanced Wound Treatment Center, Delray Beach, Florida. Scott
Moradian, DO, is General Surgery PGY-3, and Philip Pack, DO, is General Surgery
PGY-5, Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, Florida. The authors have disclosed
that they have no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted July
12, 2015; accepted in revised form January 14, 2016.
Comment in
Adv Skin Wound Care. 2017 Jul;30(7):296.
OBJECTIVES: Superficial soft tissue injury, such as a skin tear, is common. For
such wounds, the authors introduce a novel technique that allows the physician to
salvage otherwise discarded tissue as a traumatic graft to highly accelerate
wound healing.
METHODS: A series of 11 patients with superficial soft tissue trauma in which
debrided tissues are salvaged back into the wound by means of minced expansion
grafting (MEG) are followed from presentation through healing.
RESULTS: Salvaged tissue replaced back into wounds as MEG grafts greatly
accelerated epithelialization and wound closure.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on their experience with MEG, the authors introduce a new
principle for the wound surgeon that no tissue should ever be discarded, but
rather salvaged and placed back into the wound.
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000499866.27975.28
PMID: 27846027 [Indexed for MEDLINE]
