ABSTRACT
This study intends to report a case of combined use of allograft followed by autograft to cover extensive lesion in a patient with polytrauma evaluated at the Hospital Universitário Evangélico Mackenzie. The aim is to show that, as it has been done for many years in medium and large burned patients, the use of alloenxertia can be useful in evaluating and preparing the bed to receive the patient's own skin graft. This paper describes the treatment and evolution of an extensive and complex lesion of a polytraumatized patient, and what was the role of the allograft in the final outcome of the case.
Keywords: Skin transplantation; Multiple trauma; Wounds and injuries; Wound closure techniques; Homologous transplantation