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Equipment and Supplies > Surgical Equipment > Artificial Organs > Skin, Artificial

Preferred term

Skin, Artificial  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Artificial Skin
  • Artificial Skins
  • Skins, Artificial

Note

  • to stimulate new skin growth before replacement by graft

Scope note

  • Synthetic material used for the treatment of burns and other conditions involving large-scale loss of skin. It often consists of an outer (epidermal) layer of silicone and an inner (dermal) layer of collagen and chondroitin 6-sulfate. The dermal layer elicits new growth and vascular invasion and the outer layer is later removed and replaced by a graft.

History note

  • 94

In other languages

  • tekoiho

    Finnish

  • ihonkorvike
  • keinoiho
  • keinoihosiirre
  • Konstgjord hud

    Swedish

  • Artificiell hud
  • Dermissubstitut
  • Hudsubstitut

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017768

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