Small-slice thin-thickness skin harvesting in a net pattern for patients with skin vulnerability Kento Hosomi, Fumio Nagai, Shunsuke Yuzuriha Burns Open Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 79-84 (January 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.burnso.2017.11.003 Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Thin, loose, and fragile skin caused by aging. The appearance of the skin is shiny, translucent and telangiectatic. Burns Open 2018 2, 79-84DOI: (10.1016/j.burnso.2017.11.003) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Small-slice thin-thickness skin harvesting in a net pattern. Burns Open 2018 2, 79-84DOI: (10.1016/j.burnso.2017.11.003) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Case 1. (a) Donor site immediately after skin harvesting. (b) At days 11, epithelialization had already done at the donor site. (c) Donor site at 8 months postoperatively. (d) Donor site at 5 years postoperatively. (e) Recipient site before skin grafting. (f) Recipient site at 4 months postoperatively. Burns Open 2018 2, 79-84DOI: (10.1016/j.burnso.2017.11.003) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 Case 2. (a) Donor site immediately after skin harvesting. (b) At days 14, epithelialization had already done at the donor site. (c) Donor site at 4 months postoperatively. (d) Recipient site before skin grafting. (e) Recipient site at 14 days postoperatively. (f) Recipient site at 2 months postoperatively. Burns Open 2018 2, 79-84DOI: (10.1016/j.burnso.2017.11.003) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 5 Case 3. (a) Donor site immediately after skin harvesting. (b) At days 15, epithelialization had already done at the donor site. (c) Recipient site before skin grafting. (d) Recipient site at 5 days postoperatively. (e) Recipient site at 18 days postoperatively. Burns Open 2018 2, 79-84DOI: (10.1016/j.burnso.2017.11.003) Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) Terms and Conditions