Table 2 Skin substitutes and coverage options
From: Burn wound healing and treatment: review and advancements
Product name | Classification | Characteristics | Availability (company) |
|---|---|---|---|
EpiDex | Autologous | Keratinocyte-based | No (Modex, Lausanne, Switzerland) |
Alloderm | Acellular | Human origin | Yes (LifeCell, Bridgewater, NJ, USA) |
| Â | Â | Dermal matrix | Â |
GraftJacket | Acellular | Human origin | Yes (KCI, San Antonio, TX, USA) |
| Â | Â | Tissue scaffold | Â |
Integra | Acellular | Bovine/shark origin | Yes (Integra, Plainsboro, NJ, USA) |
| Â | Â | Bilayer matrix | Â |
Biobrane | Acellular | Biocomposite dressing, nylon fibers in silicone with collagen | Yes (Smith & Nephew, London, UK) |
Dermagraft | Cellular | Bioabsorbable polyglactin mesh scaffold with human fibroblasts (neonatal origin) | Yes (Organogenesis, Canton, MA, USA) |
Epicel | Cellular | Keratinocyte-based cultured epidermal autograft | Yes (Genzyme, Cambridge, MA, USA) |
Recell | Cellular | Autologous cell suspension of keratinocytes, fibroblasts, Langerhans cells and melanocytes | Yes (Avita, Northridge, CA, USA) |
| Â | Â | Sprayable after culture | Â |