Amniotic membrane as part of a skin substitute for full-thickness wounds: An experimental evaluation in a porcine model

作者：Loeffelbein Denys J^*; Baumann Claudia; Stoeckelhuber Mechthild; Hasler Rafael; Muecke Thomas; Steinstraesser Lars; Drecoll Enken; Wolff Klaus Dietrich; Kesting Marco R

来源：Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials , 2012, 100B(5): 1245-1256.

DOI：10.1002/jbm.b.32689

• skin substitutes
• full-thickness wounds
• reconstruction
• wound healing

Background: We evaluated the use of human amniotic membrane (HAM) as a graft material for the treatment of iatrogenic full-thickness (FT) skin wounds in a porcine model with a view to reducing donor site morbidity in free flap transfer. Methods: Forty experimental FT-wounds were covered with an autologous split-thickness skin graft (STSG) alone or in combination with a mono- or multilayer HAM or Integra (R). Untreated wounds served as controls. Clinical evaluation and biopsy-sampling for histological and immunohistochemical staining with von-Willebrand-factor (vWF) antibody, laminin antibody, Ki-67 antibody, and smooth muscle actin (aSMA) antibody were performed on days 5, 7, 10, 20, 40, and 60 after surgical intervention. Results: Considerable disparities in the estimated criteria were observed between the various treatment groups of the FT-wounds. The use of HAM was found to have an accelerating impact on re-epithelialization. The multilayered amnion membrane showed better results than the Integra (R) and monolayer technique in terms of contraction rate, inflammation, and scarring and seemed useful as a dermal substitute in FT-wounds giving comparable results to STSG coverage alone. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the successful application of HAM as part of a skin substitute in FT-wounds in minipigs. The results offer promise as a simple and effective technique for the application of multilayer HAM in iatrogenic human skin defects and the acceleration of wound healing.

• 出版日期2012-7