Marine Fish Skin as Grafts
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 366
Special Issue Editor
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Dear Colleagues,
Over the last three decades, there has been an exponential growth in the number of non-autogenous derived skin grafts. A large number of these products are xenografts; the most recent addition to the non-human sourced grafts have been fish derived. The most widely used fish skin graft is derived from the North Atlantic cod. This marine-animal-derived skin is finding wide utility in the treatment of chronic wounds such as diabetic foot, venous leg ulcer and chronic autoimmune wounds. It is also being increasingly used in acute wounds such as burns and post surgical dehiscence. We have dedicated this edition to the research of the basic and clinical science supporting the use of marine animal derived skin for the modulation and closure of chronic and acute wounds.
Prof. Dr. John Carlos Lantis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Fish skin
- Diabetic foot
- Venous leg ulcer
- Autoimmune wounds
- Burn wounds
- Xenograft
- Wound modulation
- Wound healing
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