All are true about composite skin graft EXCEPT
(High risk failure): (7094- CSDT 13th edition; 404-Baily & Love 26th)COMPOSITIVE GRAFTS (usually skin and fat or skin and cartilage)* Free graft that must reestablish its blood supply in the recipient area* Often taken from the ear margin and useful for rebuilding missing elements of nose, eyelids andfingertips* Composite graft must be small or at least relatively thin and will require recipient sites with excellent vasularity* These grafts are generally used in the facesAdvantages and Disdvantages of Various Types of Skin Grafts.Type of GraftAdvantagesDisadvantagesThin split thicknessSurvive transplantation most easily. Donor sites heal most rapidlyFewest qualities of normal skin.Maximum contraction. Least resistance to trauma. Sensation poor. Aesthetically poor.Thick split thicknessMore qualities of normal skin.Less contraction. More resistant to trauma. Sensation fair.Aesthetically more acceptableSurvive transplantation less well.Donor site heals slowlyFull-thicknessNearly all qualities of normal skin.Minimal contraction. Very resistant to trauma. Sensation good. Aesthetically good.Survive transplantation least well.Donor site must be closed surgically. Donor sites are limited.
Covers skins and under tissue
High risk failure
Skin grafting requires to fill the gap
Can be useful in fingertip amputation
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery