Wound healing ability of acellular fish skin and bovine collagen grafts for split-thickness donor sites in burn patients: Characterization of acellular grafts and clinical application
- Authors
- Yoon, J[Yoon, Jaechul]; Yoon, D[Yoon, Dogeon]; Lee, H[Lee, Hyeongjin]; Lee, J[Lee, JiUn]; Jo, S[Jo, SeoYul]; Kym, D[Kym, Dohern]; Yim, H[Yim, Haejun]; Hur, J[Hur, Jun]; Chun, W[Chun, Wook]; Kim, G[Kim, GeunHyung]; Cho, YS[Cho, Yong Suk]
- Issue Date
- Apr-2022
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Keywords
- Acellular fish skin graft; Bovine collagen skin graft; Burn; Wound healing
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, v.205, pp.452 - 461
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- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
- Volume
- 205
- Start Page
- 452
- End Page
- 461
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/96880
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.02.055
- ISSN
- 0141-8130
- Abstract
- Due to its high polyunsaturated fatty acid content, acellular fish skin has emerged as a dermal substitute for the promotion of wound healing as it decreases scar formation while providing pain relief. However, various systematic studies on acellular fish skin, such as its biophysical analysis, in vitro activities, and clinical application, have not been sufficiently investigated. In this study, we conducted a comparative study to evaluate the wound healing ability of acellular fish skin graft (Kerecis (R)) with that of the widely used bovine collagen skin graft (ProHeal (R)). The skin grafts were evaluated not only in terms of their biophysical properties, but also their in vitro cellular activities, using fibroblasts, keratinocytes, and human endothelial cells. The clinical study evaluated wound healing in 52 patients with acute burns who underwent skin grafting on donor sites from January 2019 to December 2020. The study was conducted with two groups; while only Kerecis (R) was tested in one group, Kerecis (R) and ProHeal (R) were compared in the other. In both groups, the application time of the dressing material was one to two days after split-thickness skin grafting to the donor sites. The Kerecis (R)-treatment group experienced faster healing than the other treatment group. In particular, the average wound healing time using the Kerecis (R) treatment and the ProHeal (R) treatment was 10.7 +/-& nbsp;1.5 days and 13.1 +/-& nbsp;1.4 days, respectively. We believe that the faster healing of the Kerecis (R) treatment, compared to that of the ProHeal (R) treatment, maybe due to the synergistic effect of the unique biophysical structure and the bioactive components of acellular fish skin.
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