Skin Grafting

Skin grafting is a type of graft surgery involving the transplantation of skin. The transplanted tissue is called a skin graft. Skin grafting is often used to treat: Extensive wounding or trauma. Burns.

What is a skin graft?

Skin grafting is a surgical procedure that involves removing skin from one area of the body and moving it, or transplanting it, to a different area of the body. This surgery may be done if a part of your body has lost its protective covering of skin due to burns, injury, or illness.

Skin grafts are performed in a hospital. Most skin grafts are done using general anesthesia, which means you’ll be asleep throughout the procedure and won’t feel any pain.

Why are skin grafts done?

A skin graft is placed over an area of the body where skin has been lost. Common reasons for a skin graft include:

  • Skin infections
  • Deep burns
  • Large, open wounds
  • Bed sores or other ulcers on the skin that haven’t healed well
  • Skin cancer surgery

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