Science, Practice and education regenerative medicine in burn wound healing : Aiming for the perfect skin

The healing of full thickness wounds such as burn wounds remains complicated by hypertrophic scar formation and contraction. The standard treatment is transplantation with autologous split thickness skin grafts. For extensive burns, these grafts are widely meshed due to limited donor sites, which often results in a poor functional and cosmetic outcome. The application of cultured autologous keratinocytes may enhance wound closure and improve...