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  • Title: 'Getting under our skin': Introducing banked allograft skin to burn surgery in South Africa.
    Author: Allorto N, Rogers AD, Rode H.
    Journal: S Afr Med J; 2016 Aug 03; 106(9):865-6. PubMed ID: 27601105.
    Abstract:
    Deceased donor skin possesses many of the properties of the ideal biological dressing, and a well-stocked skin bank has become a critically important asset for the modern burn surgeon. Without it, managing patients with extensive burns and wounds becomes far more challenging, and outcomes are significantly worse. With the recent establishment of such a bank in South Africa, the challenge facing the medical fraternity is to facilitate tissue donation so that allograft skin supply can match the enormous demand.
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