Figure 1.

Transplantation procedure. (a) The handheld dermatome is run back and forth with mild pressure over the skin that has been moisturized with saline. (b) An approximately 4-cm² STSG graft has been harvested and laid onto the cutting mat, which was wetted with a few droplets of saline. (c) The handheld mincer is run first once over the STSG and then once more in a 90° angle in relation to the first time. (d) The mincer has an array of circular blades mounted in parallel on an axle. Any skin fragments that stick to the mincer are removed with a spatula and transferred to the other fragments on the cutting mat. (e) Close-up of the skin fragments approximately 800 × 800 µm in size. Sometimes an extra run with the mincer is necessary to obtain complete mincing. (f) The skin fragments are kept together and spread out onto the wound bed. STSG indicates split-thickness skin graft.