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Minced Tissue in Compressed Collagen: A Cell-containing Biotransplant for Single-staged Reconstructive Repair
Published on: February 24, 2016
New Technique: Acute Minced Expansion Graft of Traumatic Wound Tissue
Andrew Mark Klapper1, Scott Moradian, Philip Pack
1Andrew 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.
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.
