Skin Grafting - Risks

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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