Dermal Replacements in General, Burn, and Plastic Surgery Tissue Engineering in Clinical Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kamolz, Lars-Peter (Editor), Lumenta, David Benjamin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Critical care medicine.; Plastic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Plastic Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

The skin is the largest human organ system. Loss of skin integrity due to injury or illness results in a substantial physiologic imbalance and ultimately in severe disability or death. The most common cause of significant skin loss is thermal injury, followed by trauma and chronic ulcerations. Over...

Table of Contents:

• Skin: Architecture and Function
• Skin Tissue Engineering.- Use of Novel Biomaterial Design and Stem Cell Therapy in Cutaneous Wound Healing
• In vivo Visualisation of Skin Graft Revascularisation
• The Role of Elastin in Wound Healing and Dermal Substitute Design
• Surface Modification by Cold Gasplasma: A Method to Optimize the Vascularization of Biomaterials
• Collagen Matrices with Enhanced Angiogenic and Regenerative Capabilities.- 3D Visualisation of Skin Substitutes
• Wound Coverage Technologies in Burn Care-Established and Novel Approaches.-Collagen Implants in Hernia Repair and Abdominal Wall Surgery
• The Use of Dermal Substitutes in Dermatosurgery
• The Use of Dermal Substitutes in Breast Reconstruction: An Overview
• Reconstruction of the Skin  in Post-traumatic Wounds
• Subdermal Tissue Regeneration
• Oral Mucosa Model Based on a Collagen-elastin Matrix
• The Use of Dermal Substitutes in Burn Surgery: Acute Phase
• Burn Reconstruction.