skin grafting

collocation in English

meaningsofskinandgraft

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skin
noun
uk
/skɪn/us
/skɪn/
the natural outer layer that covers a person, animal, ...
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graft
noun
uk
/ɡrɑːft/us
/ɡræft/
a piece of healthy skin or bone cut from one part of a person's body and used to repair another damaged part, or a piece cut from one living plant and attached to another plant so that it ...
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(Definition ofskinandgraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The conventional methods useskingrafting.
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Skingraftingis one of the options.
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Advanced disease may require prolonged treatment with extensiveskingrafting.
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One theatre is used only forskingraftingoperations because the authorities dare not use it for other operations.
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It is true that the only radical treatment possible isskingraftingof the wound of the thigh.
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Locally there was extensive necrosis and ulceration requiringskingraftingat a later date.
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These last for long time, may require excision andskingrafting.
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There are two forms ofskingrafting: split thickness and full thickness.
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She remained in the hospital for eight days while she underwentskingrafting.
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Traditionalskingraftingcan be risky, in that chances for infection are relatively high.
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Techniques may include local skin flaps (z-plasty) orskingrafting(full thickness or split thickness).
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In many cases local excision withskingraftingis considered the appropriate treatment.
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I should like to know what steps are being taken to increase the number of skilled medical personnel plus ancillary services forskingraftingand plastic surgery.
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Liebeck was hospitalized for eight days while she underwentskingrafting, followed by two years of medical treatment.
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Skingraftingis patching of a defect with skin that is removed from another site in the body.
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Skingraftingand other methods indicated inbreeding within the demes, but sharing of certain alleles between the demes suggested a continuous gene flow between demes.
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At that point, the incisions are closed, often requiring debridement (removal of non-viable tissue) andskingraftingin the process.
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The necrotic skin areas are treated as in other conditions, sometimes healing spontaneously with or without scarring, sometimes going on to require surgical debridement orskingrafting.
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In the 1940s, the importance of early excision andskingraftingwas acknowledged, and around the same time, fluid resuscitation and formulas to guide it were developed.
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