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The technique for cutis-grafting must be without a flaw, and the asepsis absolute; there must not only be a complete absence of movement, but there must be no traction on the flap that will endanger its blood supply.
Owing to the uncertainty in the results of cutis-grafting the two-stage or indirect method has been introduced, and its almost uniform success has led to its sphere of application being widely extended.
#Methods of Skin-Grafting.# Two methods are employed: one in which the epidermis is mainly or exclusively employed epidermis or epithelial grafting; the other, in which the graft consists of the whole thickness of the true skin cutis-grafting. Epidermis or Epithelial Grafting. The method introduced by the late Professor Thiersch of Leipsic is that almost universally practised.
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