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Tissue-Engineered Skin Substitutes.

Theodore T Nyame¹, H Abraham Chiang, Tripp Leavitt

¹Boston, Mass. From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School; and Boston University School of Medicine.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

|November 24, 2015

Summary

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Skin substitutes offer plastic surgeons advanced wound healing options for various skin defects. Current options like dermal scaffolds and cell constructs show proven efficacy, with future innovations promising more choices.

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Area of Science:

Plastic Surgery
Regenerative Medicine
Wound Healing

Background:

Skin substitutes are integral to plastic surgery for treating diverse cutaneous defects.
They facilitate wound healing while preserving donor sites, applicable to burns, acute, and chronic wounds.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the literature on the development and current applications of skin substitutes.
Focus on commonly used types in the United States, excluding placental products for this review.

Main Methods:

Literature review on skin substitute development and clinical use.
Focused on prevalent types in the US market.

Main Results:

Commonly used skin substitutes include semisynthetic dermal scaffolds, allogenic cell constructs, and cellular/decellularized allogeneic or xenogeneic sources.
Semisynthetic dermal scaffolds and allogenic cell constructs have demonstrated efficacy through large clinical trials.

Conclusions:

Skin substitutes represent significant advancements in plastic surgery, offering diverse wound healing solutions.
Further research is essential to guide optimal material selection. Future developments in scaffolds, stem cells, and tissue processing will expand clinical options.