Table 1.
Clinical data of patients treated with epidermal graft
| No | Patient | Gender | Age | Comorbidities | Wound aetiology | Location of wound | Duration of wound (month) | Wound size (cm2) | Time for 50% reduction of wound size (weeks) | Time for 100% reduction of wound size (weeks) | Time for donor site healing (days) | Pain score during graft harvest | VSS of donor site scar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SB | F | 24 | Nil | Pyogenic granuloma | Foot | 4 | 6 | Failed | Failed | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | HB | M | 18 | Nil | Trauma | Knee | 1 | 13·5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | RK | F | 85 | IHD, CABG, HTN, asthma | Venous ulcer | Leg | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | BL | F | 93 | Dementia, COPD, HTN, CCF | Trauma | Leg | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | JC | M | 54 | Nil | Amputation stump wound dehiscence | Foot | 2 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | LH | F | 50 | SLE (oral steroids) | Venous ulcer | Ankle | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | JZ | M | 84 | R hemicolectomy, postoperative fistula and hernia | Abdominal wound dehiscence | Abdomen | 60 | 15·8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | GM | F | 62 | Bowen's disease, myasthenia gravis (on oral steroids), osteoporosis | Trauma | Leg | 1·5 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | RF | M | 78 | Prostate cancer, myelodysplasia, IHD, PVD, multiple BCC/SCC | Wound dehiscence | Leg | 3 | 27 | Failed | Failed | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | NS | F | 91 | Breast cancer, hypertension, smoker, CKD3 | Trauma | Leg | 3·5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | LR | F | 64 | RA, COPD | Trauma | Ankle | 9 | 40 | Failed | Failed | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | AL | F | 26 | Anaemia smoker | Burn | Leg | 0·5 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DM | F | 50 | Breast ca and chemo, previous DVT on warfarin | Dehiscence of LD donor site | Back | 4 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | JB | F | 52 | Hypertension, gastric banding, abdominoplast, thigh lift | Wound dehiscence | Thigh | 1 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | JM | F | 76 | Cerebral palsy, hypothyroid, osteoporosis | SSG donor site | Thigh | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | OM | M | 32 | Deaf | Trauma | Foot | 2 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | KI | M | 82 | IHD, CABG, HTN, T2DM, RA (on prednisolone + methotrexate), hypercholesterolaemia, CVA, AAA (4·5 cm) | Wound dehiscence | Leg | 2 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | BR | M | 78 | Previous sigmoid cancer, colostomy, necrotizing fasciitis abdomen, CVA | SSG donor site | Thigh | 36 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | HJ | F | 85 | RA | VLU | Ankle | 24 | 11·25 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | AL | M | 86 | Arterial leg ulcer | Ankle | 60 | 5·25 | 4 | No change | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 21 | IA | M | 65 | PVD diabetes | Diabetic foot ulcer | Ankle | 15 | 0·9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MW 4 applications | M | 70 | Bowel cancer | Wound dehiscence | Abdomen | 42 | 123·5 | 8 | Multiple small areas | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | EVD 2 applications | F | 80 | PVD | Mixed arterial leg ulcer | Leg | 60 | 15·84 | Failed | failed | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | EO | F | 72 | RA | Trauma | Leg | 24 | 4·94 | Wound bed more active | Wound bed more active | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MM | F | 77 | Diabetes type 1 | Wound dehiscence | Abdomen | 77 | 45 | Failed | Failed | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | TS 3 applications | M | 72 | Bowel cancer | Wound dehiscence | Abdomen | 72 | 22 | Multiple small areas | Multiple small areas | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | BH | F | 80 | Nil | Wound dehiscence | Abdomen | 14 | 21·6 | Failed | Failed | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | PN 2 applications | F | 66 | Systemic sclerosis | VLU | Leg | 72 | 67·2 | Failed | Failed | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | BG | M | 72 | Nil | VLU | Leg | 18 | 4·05 | 6 | No change | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | JI | M | 85 | Diabetes | Trauma | Leg | 21 | 2·1 | 4 | No change | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | JS | M | 88 | IHD, CABG, HTN | Trauma | Forearm | 0·5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | SM | M | 93 | IHD, CABG, HTN, AF | SSG donor site | Leg | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | PS | M | 28 | Nil | Wound dehiscence | Ankle | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | LM | F | 39 | GORD | Wound dehiscence | Arm | 4 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | JK | F | 58 | PE/DVT, PCOS, asthma | Trauma | Pretibial | 5 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus; VSS, Vancouver Scar Scale.