Summary
Chronic wounds continue to present a significant challenge to health-care providers
around the globe. Unlike acute wounds, chronic wounds do not proceed through an orderly
process of repair. In recent years many new modalities of modern wound treatment systems
have been promoted. However, until recently there were few modalities designed to
promote epithelialisation of a fully granulated wound. Mesh graft procedures have
long been the gold standard for the management of acute wounds and chronic wounds
but have also many disadvantages like discomfort associated with the donor site and
the creation of a second painful wound (donor site).
The increase of chronical wounds in Germany due to the average age of patients, the
aggressiveness of medical treatment and increase of numbers of patients with diabetes
and severe polymorbidity requires specialized wound treatment and plastic surgery.
Since 2014 there was a new innovative system introduced in the market called Cellutome
epidermal harvesting system. The Cellutome system is a epidermal harvesting system
for skin grafting and can replace in many cases the traditional meshgraft procedure
with a classic dermatoma. The skin donor section on the patient`s thigh heals within
days without scarring. The system offers a precise, simplified and minimal invasive
option for skin grafting in the treatment of especially chronic wounds.
Keywords
Chronic wounds - Cellutome - skin grafting
