Can skin grafting be used for large-area burns on the arm?

Generally speaking, skin transplantation is mainly used for patients with large skin tissue repair areas, but the survival rate of skin transplantation is different, and it can only be used relatively for non-infected wounds and infected wounds. Wounds without important cartilage, exposed blood vessels, nerves, and muscles can also be repaired. So, once a large area of ​​scald occurs on the arm, how to transplant skin?

1. Take the skin from healthy parts:

When a patient has a large area of ​​burns and needs skin grafting surgery, most of the time, skin grafting is used. Generally, part of the patient's own healthy and harmless skin is removed to cover the area where the scar is removed. Especially for large areas of scar tissue, most of the skin is taken from the abdomen, thighs, buttocks, back, calves, and scalp.

2. Pruning:

After the arm is burned, scar contracture deformity will occur, and plastic surgery is needed. It is best to go to the hospital for burn plastic surgery and skin transplantation. Skin transplantation will trim the skin and cut it into different thicknesses according to needs, such as: full thickness skin, thick thickness skin, medium thickness skin, blade thickness skin, etc. These skins are then transplanted to the affected parts of different wound depths.

After skin grafting, the color of the grafted skin will be significantly different from the surrounding skin. The pigmentation and darkening function of the grafted skin itself is closely related to the thickness of the grafted skin. The whiter the skin, the better the color effect after the skin graft. The thicker the skin, the better the texture of the graft and the less likely it is to contract. Scar hyperplasia may also occur, but it is mostly related to the doctor's technique and local conditions.

The method of skin grafting is mentioned above. When some children have large-area burns, the first thing to do is to observe whether they can heal themselves. If they can't, they need to go to the hospital for treatment. Try to tell the doctor detailed requirements, as well as the situation that needs to be repaired and the area that needs skin grafting. There will be slight abnormalities in the morphology after skin grafting surgery.