Combined Treatment with Artificial Dermis and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor for Cranial Bone-exposing Wounds

of the study: Cranial bone-exposing wounds should be resurfaced as soon as possible using flaps. However, early one-stage wound closure is sometimes difficult due to the poor general condition of the patient or equipment shortages. Artificial dermis composed of atelocollagen sponge is useful for reconstructing bone-exposing wounds. In addition, the treatment of wounds with basic fibroblast growth factor helps more severe wounds to heal faster. We employed combined treatment with artificial dermis and basic fibroblast growth factor to treat cranial bone-exposing wounds in 2 cases, and we describe these cases here.

Source: Journal of Tissue Viability - August 28, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Hiroto Saijo, Kenji Hayashida, Shin Morooka, Masaki Fujioka Source Type: research