Donor Site Healing
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Single Port Donor Nephrectomy
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Single port laparoscopic surgery is changing the standard of care in surgical care like nothing since the laparoscopic technique was introduced 20 years ago. We present out technique of single port donor nephrectomy using the Gelpoint device. We have successfully performed this surgery in 100 patients.
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Murine Model of Wound Healing
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A murine model of cutaneous wound healing that can be used to assess therapeutic compounds in physiological and pathophysiological settings.
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Ex Situ Normothermic Machine Perfusion of Donor Livers
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Here we present a protocol describing oxygenated ex situ machine perfusion of donor liver grafts. This article contains a step by step protocol to procure and prepare the liver graft for machine perfusion, prepare the perfusion fluid, prime the perfusion machine and perform oxygenated normothermic machine perfusion of the liver graft.
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Corneal Donor Tissue Preparation for Endothelial Keratoplasty
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2012
Endothelial corneal transplantation is a surgical technique for treatment of posterior corneal diseases. Mechanical microkeratome dissection to prepare tissue results in thinner, more symmetric grafts with less endothelial cell loss and improved outcomes. Dissections can be performed at the eye bank prior to corneal transplantation surgery.
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Healing II: Complications
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2026
Complications during healing arise when tissue repair is altered by local or systemic factors. These changes involve abnormal collagen deposition, altered biomechanics, and reduced vascular supply, impairing restoration of normal structure and function.Loss of FunctionScar tissue differs significantly from the original tissue it replaces. In the skin, fibrosis lacks adnexal structures such as hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands. Their absence reduces tactile sensitivity, impairs...
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The phases overlap rather than operate as isolated steps. Hemostasis establishes a clot, inflammation brings immune activity to the defect, proliferation adds extracellular matrix and new blood vessels while supporting re-epithelialization, and remodeling reorganizes the repaired tissue. Their coordination determines how efficiently tissue integrity returns and whether closure, scarring, or function becomes problematic.
Healing quality varies with the type of tissue harvested, the depth of the resulting defect, and the local blood supply. Closure method and patient factors also modify the repair process. These variables help explain why two donor sites created during reconstructive surgery may differ in pain, closure speed, scar formation, and functional recovery.
The overview identifies closure method, grafting, and secondary healing as distinct management considerations, but does not rank one as universally superior. Their suitability depends on the tissue involved, wound depth, blood supply, and patient factors. These choices influence whether the defect closes promptly and how clinicians address scarring, delayed closure, or functional impairment.
Planning begins with the harvested tissue and the resulting defect, then considers depth, blood supply, closure method, and patient factors. Clinicians can use this assessment to determine whether dressings, grafting, or secondary healing should be part of care. The objective is to support tissue repair while limiting pain, infection, scarring, and delayed closure.
These approaches are options for managing the tissue defect after harvesting, and the overview indicates that selection depends on the wound and patient context. A dressing may be included in supportive care, whereas grafting or secondary healing may be considered when the defect and its conditions warrant them. The intended outcome is improved donor-site healing.
Successful reconstruction requires attention to both locations. Problems at the donor site can add pain, infection, scarring, delayed closure, or functional impairment even when the recipient site is being treated effectively. Understanding the repair process therefore helps clinicians improve overall surgical outcomes rather than evaluating success only by what happens at the reconstructed site.