Contraction and growth of deep burn wounds covered by non-meshed and meshed split thickness skin grafts in humans

A group of 18 burned patients was excised between days 2 and 5 postburn days, while 20 patients were operated later, between days 25 and 35 postburn. After early excision the wounds covered with meshed grafts contracted to a mean wound size of 56 per cent while the wounds covered with non-meshed gra...

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