Skin Grafting
Advanced skin grafting procedures for burn wounds, traumatic injuries, chronic ulcers and post-surgical defects restoring skin cover and function at S4 Hospital, Gokak.
About Skin Grafting at S4 Hospital
Skin grafting is a surgical procedure in which healthy skin is taken from one part of the body and transplanted to cover a wound where skin has been lost due to burns, injury, infection, or surgery.
At S4 Hospital, our experienced surgical team performs split-thickness and full-thickness skin grafts for a wide range of wound conditions.
Who Needs This Treatment?
How Skin Grafting is Performed
Wound Assessment
Wound bed evaluated for size, depth, infection status.
Anaesthesia
General or spinal anaesthesia administered for complete comfort.
Donor Site Preparation
Healthy skin harvested from thigh, buttock or abdomen.
Graft Placement
Harvested skin placed over the cleaned wound bed and fixed in place.
Dressing Application
Special non-stick dressings applied to graft and donor site.
Post-op Care and Healing
Graft checked at 5 to 7 days. Full graft take confirmed at 2 to 3 weeks.
Benefits of This Treatment
Before & After Patient Results
Patient X-rays and clinical outcomes shared for educational purposes with consent.
3rd degree burn. Split thickness skin graft. Complete wound closure in 3 weeks.
Chronic diabetic ulcer. Skin grafting with wound bed preparation. Healed in 4 weeks.
Degloving injury. Meshed split thickness graft. Full skin cover restored.
Results may vary. Images are for educational purposes only.
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