[Use of keratinocytes in therapy of ulcera crurum]

Freshly isolated keratinocytes were used for the treatment of non-healing leg ulcers (21 cases). For application, keratinocytes were suspended in fibrin (Tissucol Duo S). One or more applications of keratinocytes initiated granulation and reepithelialization of nearly all leg ulcers (20 cases). The method is compared with the established therapy entailing transplantation of allogenic keratinocyte sheets onto leg ulcers. Our method shows the advantages: autologous cells that are immediately and easily available, freedom from pain, and short-time immobilization (48 h) after application.