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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-20
pubmed:abstractText
This study was designed to evaluate biomechanically defined wound healing in full-thickness skin explants in tissue culture. The requirement for preculture incubation of wounds in situ was characterized. Full-thickness skin incisions were made in 44 rats and closed immediately. Wounds were incubated in situ for 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, or 96 hours before harvesting and placement into tissue culture media for 6 weeks. Healing was evaluated by biomechanical criteria: tensiometric distraction to wound rupture generated true stress and energy absorption data. Burst-strength (maximum true stress) and toughness (energy absorption) were five times higher in the 48-hour group than in any other group; other groups were not different from each other. This study demonstrates long-term survival of full-thickness skin in culture and shows that full-thickness skin explants heal in tissue culture. Possible explanations for the narrow window of opportunity for harvest (48 hours, no more and no less) are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0032-1052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
289-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Full-thickness skin wound explants in tissue culture: a mechanical evaluation of healing.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Ill.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article