NURS 3404 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Demeclocycline, Sclera, Orthostatic Hypotension
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Important to note that they could get infected. Red-impregnated gauze is commonly used by plastic surgeons on granulating surfaces to promote epithelialization. Types of grafts (auto, hetero, etc. : autograft. Cultured epithelial graft: method of getting permanent skin from a person with limited skin available for harvesting, grown from biopsies obtained from patient"s unburned skin, after 18-25 days, able to use, homograft (allograft) From another species -> temporary b/c won"t take (has worked first heart valves from pigs/cows: synthetic products. Different types of grafts: free grafting = from one part of the body to another part. (similar in texture and color) Intermediate and thick split thickness grafts: c. meshed grafts - can spread out from small sample to larger area, d. full thickness grafts, composite grafts, composite grafts= skin and underlying tissue (fat, muscle, vasculature). Then the proximal portion detached from the donor site: skin grafts, thin split thickness grafts.
