The healing of hamster oral mucosal wounds covered by porcine grafts. A histologic study.
HamsterWoundMalen = 20 hamstersSutured onto the recipient bed5 mm square graftAt the time of wounding
Model: Split-thickness 5 mm square excisional wound prepared in the cheek pouch
At 3 days the graft showed necrosis with host epithelium migrating beneath it and some acute inflammation. By 7 days all 7 grafts had sloughed and epithelialisation was complete, with the graft bed showing maturing collagenous tissue and a mild chronic inflammatory infiltrate. Healing was almost co…
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