Question

A patient is to undergo skin grafting with the use of cultured epithelial autografts as skin replacement for full-thickness burns. The nurse explains to the patient that this treatment involves:

a. Shaving a split-thickness layer of the patient's skin to cover the burn wound.
b. Growing small specimens of the patient's skin into sheets to use as permanent skin coverage.
c. Using epidermal growth factor to cultivate cadaver skin for temporary wound coverage.
d. Exposing animal skin to growth factors to decrease antigenicity so it can be used for permanent wound coverage.

Answer 1

Growing small specimens of the patient's skin into sheets to use as permanent skin coverage.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cultured epithelial autograft (CEA) is a method of obtaining permanent skin from a person with limited available skin for harvesting. CEA is grown from biopsy specimens obtained from the patient's unburned skin