Publisher's Synopsis
The technique of culturing human keratinocytes in defined media and the exciting possibility of multiplying epithelial cells up to a ten thousandfold of the amount of the original skin sample has been available for more than two decades now. The introduction of this technique into burn treatment in the early 80s was greeted by initial enthusiasm. However after first results, a varity of considerable drawbacks were noted. This book brings together the experiences of both the scientific community working in this field as well as those of the most renowned clinical medicine experts working in the field worldwide. It presents the current spectrum of possibilities in artificial tissue-engineered skin substitution.
