Risks
Risks for the skin graft surgery are:
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Loss of grafted skin
- Nerve damage
- Graft-versus-host disease
Rejection may occur in xenografts. To prevent this, the patient usually must be treated with long-term immunosuppressant drugs.
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