Use of the MEEK™ System for Skin Graft Expansionin Split-thickness Skin Grafting: Two Cases

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  • Oshima Junya
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tsukuba
  • Inoue Yoshiaki
    Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Tsukuba
  • Aihara Yukiko
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tsukuba
  • Sasaki Masahiro
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tsukuba
  • Sasaki Kaoru
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tsukuba
  • Sekido Mitsuru
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tsukuba

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  • 分層植皮術の植皮片拡張におけるMEEK™システムの使用経験

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We report the use of the MEEK™ system to expand skin grafts in split-thickness skin grafting in 2 burn patients. One patient was a woman in her 50s. Split-thickness skin grafting was performed using 1:6 MEEK for back burns. The other patient was a man in his 50s. Split-thickness skin grafting was performed using 1:4 MEEK for abdominal burns. Engraftment was generally good and epitheliali-zation was rapid. The MEEK™ system can efficiently expand skin grafts at a high rate. In addition, grafts expanded by the MEEK™ system are resistant to infection, have a high success rate even on wound beds with a poor vascular supply, and may have a short time to epithelialization. Although the MEEK™ system has problems, such as the need to purchase a specific machine and to learn techniques, including dressing, it is an effective option for extensive burns lacking sufficient graft donor sites.

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