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A Murine Model of a Burn Wound Reconstructed with an Allogeneic Skin Graft
Published on: August 8, 2020
Fat Grafting for Burn, Traumatic, and Surgical Scars
Rafi Fredman1, Adam J Katz2, Charles Scott Hultman1
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 7038 Burnett-Womack, CB7195, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Abstract:
Fat grafting provides a reliable modality with expanding usefulness in reconstructive plastic surgery. Owing to its mechanical and theorized regenerative properties, adipose tissue can improve scar qualities and scar related symptoms when grafted adjacent to or within a scar. In this article, the literature describing the effect of fat grafting on various types of scars, current scientific understanding of fat grafting for scars, and our current approach to the management of problematic burn scars are reviewed.
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