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S. Afr. j. child health (Online)
; 106(9): 865-866, 2016. ilus
Article
in English
| AIM
| ID: biblio-1270290
ABSTRACT
Deceased donor skin possesses many of the properties of the ideal biological dressing; and a well-stocked skin bank has become a critically important asset for the modern burn surgeon. Without it; managing patients with extensive burns and wounds becomes far more challenging; and outcomes are significantly worse. With the recent establishment of such a bank in South Africa; the challenge facing the medical fraternity is to facilitate tissue donation so that allograft skin supply can match the enormous demand