Pixel Grafting: A Novel Skin Graft Expansion Technique.

Skin grafting is the transplantation of skin, a routinely performed procedure to cover the loss of skin. Skin is the largest organ of the body, which falls short of availability in extensive injuries, especially burns. In such a situation, pixel grafting, a novel expansion technique helps to cover a large area with less skin harvest.

Human Skin Allograft: Is it a Viable Option in Management of Burn Patients?

Tangential excision and autologous split-thickness skin grafting is the standard management of the burn wound, but autograft has limitation of donor-site availability and morbidity. Human skin allograft is an alternate option of wound coverage when autograft is not available. Various synthetic skin substitute dressings are now available in the market, and thus use of human skin allograft has decreased.

Cadaveric Bilateral Proximal Forearm Allotransplantation.

Until, sometime ago, microsurgery meant mainly covering a defect or replanting severed parts back to where they belong. Now, restoration of original function and aesthetic consideration is a must in planning reconstructive procedure. Hand transplant combines hand surgery and microsurgery with complex multidisciplinary care.

Innovative Skin Hook.

Skin hook is an important instrument for skin surgeries. There are situations, such as operating in a health camp or operating at a peripheral health center with a limited number of instruments, where skin hook is not available in the operation theater. We present an innovative design of skin hook, which can be prepared by surgeons in the operation theater with the help of readily available materials.

Innovative Use of Abdominoplasty Specimen.

Simulator training is important for understanding nipple-areolar complex reconstruction. Human tissue is the best tissue simulator for surgical training. Abdominoplasty specimen is a useful tissue simulator, which is suitable for practicing nipple-areolar complex reconstruction.

Innovative Usage of Accessory Auricles as Full-thickness Skin Graft.

Accessory auricles are relatively rare malformations arising from the first branchial arch which contains skin, fat and cartilage. The treatment is usually surgical removal for the cosmetic purpose. We are sharing our experience of utilising the accessory auricle skin as full thickness graft for post.