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Table 2 Percentage of survival skins at POWs 1, 2, and 3

From: Observation of viable alloskin vs xenoskin grafted onto subcutaneous tissue wounds after tangential excision in massive burns

Coverage (times of TESGSTW operations)

Area of coverage (% TBSA)

Percentage of survival skins

1 week

2 weeks

3 weeks

Cryopreserved alloskins (8)

21.8 ± 10.9

80.0 ± 10.0

71.2 ± 10.6

48.7 ± 2.5 %

Fresh pigskins (7)

22.4 ± 8.5

75.7 ± 5.3

66.4 ± 6.2

35.0 ± 7.0 %*

  1. TESGSTW tangential excision and skin grafting on subcutaneous tissue wounds, TBSA total body surface area, POWs postoperative weeks
  2. *P < 0.05, as compared with cryopreserved alloskins