Skin, Artificial |
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| Artificial Skins; Skin Substitute; Skins, Artificial; Substitute, Skin; Substitutes, Skin | |
| 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. | |