1. Treatment of Severe Road Rash with ReCell® Autologous Skin Cell Suspension.
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Grossman H, Pang A, and Griswold J
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- Male, Humans, Adult, Wound Healing, Treatment Outcome, Skin, Skin Transplantation methods, Transplantation, Autologous methods, Burns complications, Burns surgery, Exanthema etiology, Exanthema surgery
- Abstract
Road rash injuries are often variable in severity, with injuries ranging from simple scrapes to full-thickness burns. Autologous skin cell suspension devices, such as ReCell®, have shown increased promise by creating results comparable to the current standard of care, split-thickness skin grafting with significantly less donor skin required. We present a case of a 29-year-old male with significant road rash after a motorcycle accident at highway speeds, who was successfully treated solely with ReCell application. After surgery, he reported decreased pain with wound care and showed overall wound improvement with no changes in range of motion at 2-week follow-up. This case demonstrates the potential of ReCell as an independent treatment modality for pain and skin injury secondary to severe road rash., (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Burn Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2023
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