Pixel Grafting: A Novel Skin Graft Expansion Technique

Abstract

Skin grafting is the transplantation of skin, a routinely performed procedure to cover the loss of skin. Skin is the largest organ of the body, which falls short of availability in extensive injuries, especially burns. In such a situation, pixel grafting, a novel expansion technique helps to cover a large area with less skin harvest. The objective of the study was to test fast, minimally invasive, easy to use minced split-thickness skin graft to cover large wounds and to reflect on the advantages of pixel graft. It is a pilot study of patients admitted with severe burns. We conclude that with this technique of pixel or minced grafting, large areas can be grafted with minimal donor-site requirement, and the techniques of preparation provide adequate size graft for pixel grafting.

Keywords: Large areas; Pixel graft expands the graft hundredfold, helping to provide coverage of the raw area with minimal donor-site morbidity; Preparing a pixel graft is an equipment-based technique; we describe a simple method for pixel graft harvest and discuss advantages of pixel graft; pixel grafting; technique.