[Mixed freeze preserved heterologous/autologous full-thickness transplants following 3d degree burns in animal experiments].

On five minipigs third-degree burns were applied. The surgical skin coverage was established after escharectomie by freeze-preserved heterological/autological intermingled full-thickness skin grafts. The freeze-preservation of the Makaka-skin (full-thickness skin) was achieved in a commercially available freezer at -27 degrees C. We could not observe a accelerated or even complete re-epithelialization as it is described in the Chinese papers. The burnwunds healt in form of scare areas covering about half of the previously burned area.