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Immediate Split‐Thickness Autogenous Skin Grafts in the Horse Case Reports on the Treatment of Equine Sarcoids in 3 Horses
Author(s) -
WILSON DAVID G.,
PEYTON LLEWELYN C.,
WOLF GREGORY
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1987.tb00931.x
Subject(s) - medicine , horse , surgery , surgical excision , dermatology , paleontology , biology
Three horses with equine sarcoids were treated with radical surgical excision and immediate split‐thickness skin grafts. Graft take ranged from 50 to 100%, and the epithelial coverage attained resulted in an early functional repair. In no instance was there a recurrence of the sarcoid.