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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 1980; 13(02): 19-21
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1778403
Review Article

A Comparative Study of the Various Methods of Preservation of Human Skin Graft

Prof. R. C. Sinka
1   Head of the Deptt. of Plastic Surgery, P. M. C. H., Patna-4
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Dr. Bipin B. Sinha
2   Resident Surgical Officer, P. M. C. H., Patna
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Summary

(1) A total number of forty five cases were observed divided in three equal series for a comparative study of merits and demerits of storage.

(2) The skin grafts were stored in the freezing chamber of domestic refrigerator in (Series A) in glycerol at 76°C in (Series B) and at the donor dermis in (Series C).

(3) The preservad skin was applied over recipient bed after 4 or 8 days of storage.

(4) Before application a piece of skin was sent for histopathological investigation.

(5) The take of the stored graft was found maximum in cases of grafts stored on donor dermis and minimum in cases of skin stored in glycerol at 76°C.



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