TREATMENT OF PERIANAL BURNS WITH HIDDEN S KIN CHIPS

Perianal burn wounds often cannot be cured by conventional split-thick ness skin grafting procedures. This is due to the mechanical stress an d the enormous bacterial colonization. Transplantation of small skin p ieces, submerged into the granulation tissue, is able to produce small epithelial islands within 2 weeks. These enlarge continuously and pro duce complete epithelialisation in the further course. Own results wit h 7 burn patients prove that this technique is suitable to epitheliali ze gluteal and perianal problem wounds with comparatively little expen diture.