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Skin graft - Risks

Alternative Names

Skin transplant; Skin autografting; FTSG; STSG; Split thickness skin graft; Full thickness skin graft

Risks:

Risks for any anesthesia are:

Risks for this surgery are:

  • Bleeding
  • Infection
  • Loss of grafted skin (the graft not healing, or the graft healing slowly)
  • Scarring
  • Reduced or lost skin sensation, or increased sensitivity
  • Chronic pain (rarely)
  • Uneven skin surface
  • Skin discoloration
  • Reviewed last on: 12/2/2008
  • Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., MD, FACS, Harry E. Stuckenhoff Professor of Surgery, Chief of General Surgery, and Associate Chairman, Department of Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Mackay DR, Miraliakbari R, eds. Skin grafts. Operative Techniques in General Story. December 2006; 8(4);197-206.

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