Skin
Dermal substitutes
- Alloderm
- Treated cadaver skin to remove antigenic epidermal cellular elements
- Used on its own or with cultured autologous keratinocytes
- Collagen and chondroitin 6 sulphate
- Plus an outer silicone covering to prevent water loss
- Protein and proteoglycan component degrades
- Silicone sheet removed and covered with an autograft
- Successful in burns and is FDA approved
- Trancyte
- Fibroblasts embedded in an inner nylon mesh
- Additional silicone outer layer
- Temporary measure in burn treatment
- FDA approved