skin grafting

Skin grafting is an essential procedure used to treat severe skin wounds.

“In Italy, skin grafting had evolved as a peasant’s operation, linked culturally and technically to the farmer’s procedure of plant grafting.”

To save his hand, surgeons employed a wartime skin grafting technique known as a pedicled flap, which involved attaching it to his abdomen to help the skin tissue heal.

A firefighter injured while battling the Caldor Fire last weekend was expected to be hospitalized for a month after undergoing skin grafting surgery.

“Almost all of those patients required surgery, which included for burn excision and skin grafting,” he said.