Tissue-Engineered Skin Substitutes for Use in Clinical Dermatological Practice

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Kaitlyn Ramsay
Katarina Laketic
Maria Hangad
Samiha Mohsen

Keywords

tissue engineering, biomedical engineering, microfluidics, dermatology, synthetic tissues, artificial tissues

Abstract

Skin replacements are essential in dermatology as they serve to connect the gap between conventional wound care and surgical procedures. Due to pioneering innovations from the last century, tissue-engineered skin substitutes have significantly advanced in the field of dermatology, offering new hope for patients with complex wound healing needs. Whilst before, skin grafting was performed to act as an intermediary to promote skin healing, it has now evolved to also mimic skin structure and function. To our knowledge, there have not been any summaries on the use of tissue-engineered in dermatology. Therefore, we conducted a scoping review to summarize research papers which performed human clinical trials and follow-up work using synthetic lab-made skin with a clear clinical application from the last 30 years.

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