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Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2001;28(5):571-575.
Published online September 1, 2001.
In Vivo Study of the Chitosan-Cross-Linked Collagen-Glycosaminoglycan Dermal Substrate.
Yoo Soek Chung, Won Yong Yang, Sung Pyo Hong, Jun Park, Hae Yul Lee, Won Young You, Soo Hyung Kang
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, KyungHee University.
2Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University, Bundang CHA General Hospital.
3Research Lab, Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
Abstract
The treatment for full thickness skin defect with the full or split-thickness autograft was often associated with aesthetically poor result, hypertrophic scar or extensive injury on donor site. Because of this donor morbidity, the use of artificial dermis was considered, which was the substrate of collagen or collagen cross-linked with polyglactin or polylactin. Unfortunately this substrate was void of advantages for the artificial dermis but was of easy biodegradability, antigenicity, or cytotoxic property. Currently chitosan is given attention by many investigators for its biochemical properties in wound healing process. Chitosan is the deacetylated derivative of chitin, which is a polymer of 2-amino-2-deoxy glucose with chemically active free amino group. Chitosan facilitates wound healing process, and then stimulates migration of polymorphonuclear cell(PMN) and macrophage, release of IL-8 and accelerates collagen synthesis surely with vascularization. Indeed chitosan supplies the resistance against bacterial infection of the wound. In this study, we have investigated the clinical applicability of the artificial dermal substrate which is cross-linked of collagen and GAG with chitosan, which we have applied on the full thickness skin defect in Fisher rat. The conclusions are as the follows: 1. There was sufficient vascularization in the grafted dermal substrate for STSG after 2 weeks of artificial dermis grafting. 2. Four 4 weeks after artificial dermis grafting, the architecture of the dermal substrate was maintained in about half amounts and the half of dermal skeleton was replaced with the newly formed dermis(neodermis). In conclusion, the dermal substrate used in this study is available enough for wound of full thickness skin defect.
Keywords: Chitosan; Artificial dermal substrate
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