Skin Grafting

Part 1 Basics of skin grafting: wound healing considerations, graft quality; period between graft placement and graft take; quality of recipient site. Part 2 Split thickness skin grafting: definition; indications; donor site considerations; preparation for grafting; grafting instruments; harvesting techniques; securing the graft; donor site care; postoperative expectations; mesh grafting; complications. Part 3 Full thickness skin grafting: definition; indications; donor site considerations; preparation for grafting; harvesting technique; defatting the graft; securing the graft; closure of the donor site; postoperative expectations; complications. Part 4 Composite skin grafting: auricular composite grafts for nasal reconstruction; hair-bearing strip grafts for eyebrow reconstruction.