Abstract
Fresh human amniotic membrane has been used for nearly 100 years as biomembrane and wound coverage. Doubts about Impetuosity limited its use in the last decades. After developing a method for cryopreservation in the 1990s human amniotic membrane was reintroduced in ophthalmology, Although it has been frequently employed to reconstruct ocular surfaces, human amniotic membrane was rarely used in plastic and reconstructive surgery. This study elucidates the ingrowth's of human amniotic membrane in a rat model. Tissue integration, degradation and vascularisatlon are examined. Further animal studies showing the clinical usefulness of human amniotic membrane for flap préfabrication and abdominal wall closure are described.
| Translated title of the contribution | Fresh human amniotic membrane in reconstructive surgery |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 354-360 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift fur Wundheilung |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - Dec 2007 |