Summary
A seven month old female Yorkshire Terrier was admitted with severe contracture and
scarring of the ventral abdomen, thorax and limbs, after a scald injury. Surgical
management consisted of multiple releasing and reconstruction skin flaps. Keratinocytes,
harvested from a 1 cm2 full thickness skin biopsy, were cultured on a lawn of irradiated feeder cells, and
used as a cultured epithelial autograft on the remaining skin deficits. Epithelialisation
of the deficits was complete at the first dressing change, five days after application.
This is the first report of successful culture of canine keratinocytes suitable for
use in skin reconstruction in a clinical case.
Keywords
Keratinocyte - graft - burn