الملخص الإنجليزي
Replacing skin defects has witnessed several developments over
the centuries. It started with the introduction of skin grafting by
Reverdin in 1871. Since then, varieties of skin grafting techniques
have been used successfully. Despite being clinically useful, skin
grafts have many limitations including the availability of the donor
site especially in circumstances of extensive skin loss, immune
rejection in allogenic skin grafts, pain, scarring, slow healing and
infection.1,2 For these reasons, scientist have worked hard to find
skin substitutes to replace skin defects without the need for a
"natural" skin graft. These materials which are used to cover skin
defects are called "Skin substitutes". This article briefly discusses
the common types of skin substitutes and their clinical uses.
