- thin-split graft
- Ollier-Thiersch g.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
thin-split graft
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Graft — Healthy skin, bone, or other tissue taken from one part of the body to replace diseased or injured tissue removed from another part of the body. For example, skin grafts can be used to cover areas of skin that have been burned or surgically… … Medical dictionary
split-skin graft — (SSG, Thiersch s graft) a type of skin graft in which thin partial thicknesses of skin are cut in narrow strips or sheets and placed onto the wound area to be healed. * * * split thickness graft a skin graft consisting of the epidermis and a… … Medical dictionary
split-skin graft — SSG; = Thiersch s graft a type of skin graft in which thin partial thicknesses of skin are cut in narrow strips or sheets and placed onto the wound area to be healed … The new mediacal dictionary
mesh graft — a thin split thickness skin graft in which many tiny slits have been made to allow the graft to expand and be stretched to cover a large area … Medical dictionary
Skin graft — Skin that is used to cover an area where the patient’s skin has been lost due to a burn, injury, or surgery. The most effective skin grafts involve moving the patient’s own skin from one part of the body to another. The second most effective type … Medical dictionary
skin graft — a portion of healthy skin cut from one area of the body and used to cover a part that has lost its skin, usually as a result of injury, burns, or operation. A skin graft is normally taken from another part of the body of the same patient (an… … The new mediacal dictionary
Thiersch graft — tirsh n a skin graft that consists of thin strips or sheets of epithelium with the tops of the dermal papillae and that is split off with a sharp knife Thiersch Carl (1822 1895) German surgeon. Thiersch is famous for introducing epidermal… … Medical dictionary
therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… … Universalium
Thiersch operation — removal of thin split thickness skin grafts by means of a razor, skin graft cutting knife, or a dermatome … Medical dictionary
transplant — transplantable, adj. transplantation, n. transplanter, n. v. /trans plant , plahnt /; n. /trans plant , plahnt /, v.t. 1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another. 2. Surg. to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of… … Universalium
