| 3 | First-year experience of a new skin bank in Brazil显示文摘Aim:To report the 1st year experience of the skin bank opened at the Evangelical University Hospital of Curitiba(HUEC),Brazil in June 2013.Methods:A retrospective statistical and epidemiological study was conducted from data obtained from the activities of the HUEC skin bank from June 2013 to August 2014.Results:The HUEC skin bank harvested tissue from 45 cadaveric donors(46.6%female and 53.3%male),with an average age of 36.42.The white skin-colored donors represented 91%of donations.Most causes of death were of neurological origin(55.6%).Eighty-one batches were harvested.The bank processed 31,314.63 cm^(2)of skin for transplantation(41 batches),and 38 batches were discarded.The distributed allografts totaled 28,940.82 cm^(2),with tissue from a single donor benefitting up to 5 patients.A total of 52 transplant procedures were performed(66.6%of recipients were male and 33.3%female),burn victims represented 83.3%of the recipients.Conclusion:The HUEC skin bank provides skin primarily for victims with severe third-degree burns,mostly men,and who are treated and transplanted in the HUEC as a result of high demand.The successful outcomes highlight the potential use for other clinical indications. | Alysson Rogerio Matioski Clóvis Rodrigo Guimarães Braz Pereira da Silva Diogo Rodrigues da Silva-Cunha Luiz Henrique Auerswald Calomeno Flávia Thaiana Bonato Marcelus Vinícios Araujo Nigro | 2015 | Plastic and Aesthetic Research2015，2，1： | 0 |
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