Skin Tear Articles & Analysis
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Dermal substitutes are often used for patients who have sustained: Partial and full-thickness wounds Pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, venous ulcers, chronic ulcers, and vascular ulcers Surgical wounds (donor sites/grafts, post-Mohs surgery, post-laser surgery, podiatric, and wound dehiscence) Trauma wounds (abrasions, lacerations, second-degree burns, and skin ...
When trauma to the skin occurs, large areas of both the skin’s surface (epidermis) and deeper layers (dermis) may be destroyed. In many cases, large full-thickness wounds may require temporization due to the lack of suitable donor sites for primary skin grafting. Clinical research[1] indicates the temporization of deep, large wounds with ...