Open AccessEvolution of instruments for harvest of the skin grafts
Author(s) -
Ameer Faisal,
Arun Singh,
Sandeep Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of plastic surgery/indian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1998-376X
pISSN - 0970-0358
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0358.113704
Subject(s) - medicine , instrumentation (computer programming) , skin grafting , grafting , plastic surgery , surgery , computer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , operating system , polymer
The harvest of autologous skin graft is considered to be a fundamental skill of the plastic surgeon. The objective of this article is to provide an interesting account of the development of skin grafting instruments as we use them today in various plastic surgical procedures.