Acellular Fish Skin Grafts for Management of Split Thickness Donor Sites and Partial Thickness Burns: A Case Series

Khurshid Alam; Steven L A Jeffery

doi:10.1093/milmed/usy280

Acellular Fish Skin Grafts for Management of Split Thickness Donor Sites and Partial Thickness Burns: A Case Series

Mil Med. 2019 Mar 1;184(Suppl 1):16-20. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usy280.

Authors

Khurshid Alam¹, Steven L A Jeffery^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ North Middlesex University Hospital, Sterling Way, London, UK.
² The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
³ Birmingham City University, Westbourne Road, Birmingham, UK.

PMID: 30901429
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usy280

Abstract

Methods: Ten patients having split-thickness skin grafting for burn injury were treated with the fish skin xenografts.

Results: There were no adverse reactions noted on the use of the fish skin grafts. No patient had any reaction to the fish skin and there was a zero incidence of infection. The handling of the fish skin was excellent, a robust and pliable xenograft that was easy to apply.The quality of donor site healing was judged to be good in all cases. Both the analgesic effect noted and the relatively short average times until 100% re-epithelialization are promising. We also illustrate two cases where the dressing was used to treat superficial burns.

Keywords: Kerecis; Skin graft; omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; skin graft donor site; wound healing.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Bandages / standards
Burns / surgery*
Female
Fish Products / standards*
Fishes
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
RNA Splice Sites*
Skin Transplantation / instrumentation*
Skin Transplantation / methods*
Wound Healing

Substances

RNA Splice Sites