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Skin grafting and donor site wound knowledge
Skin grafting is a common surgical procedure used to treat skin defects caused by second or third-degree burns or other serious injuries.
In a skin graft, doctors remove a piece of healthy skin and flesh tissue from a donor site and transplant it to the area that needs treatment. This procedure is usually performed under anesthesia and may require hospitalization for observation after the procedure.
The success of a skin graft depends on how your doctor manages the skin graft and the donor site wound.
There are two common types of skin grafts:
Autologous skin grafts and allogeneic skin grafts.
1. Autologous skin grafting is performed by removing healthy skin tissue from a donor site on the injured person's own body and transplanting it to the injured site that needs treatment.
2. Allogeneic skin transplantation is performed by taking healthy skin tissue from another person and transplanting it to the injured area that needs to be treated. Skin allografts are sometimes called "other people's skin."
