Pan Y C, Ozcan G, Chahadeh C G, Shenaq S M, Spira M
Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Ann Plast Surg. 1993 Feb;30(2):186-9. doi: 10.1097/00000637-199302000-00018.
A simple technique for harvesting skin grafts of predetermined size, shape, and thickness in rodents is described. In this technique, the donor skin is immobilized and tensed by means of a tongue depressor, or similar template, inserted into the loose areolar tissue below the panniculus, stretching the overlying skin to permit easy dermatome harvesting of a skin graft.