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Friday, March 31, 2017

First for India: Delhi doctors harvest skin from the cadaver of an 81-year-old man to transplant to burns victims Thursday March 30,2017

An Indian hospital has successfully harvested skin from a dead body for the first time - from an 81-year-old man

Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi conducted the skin harvesting treatment on a cadaver on Thursday March 30,2017

Ratish Mohan Vaish, 81, a retired defence officer, had donated his skin for transplant after his death.

Skin and eyes of a cadaver are best suited for transplant within six hours after death. 

Prof Dr RP Narayan, head of the burns and plastic surgery department in Safdarjung Hospital said: 'After receiving the phone call, our team of doctors started preparing to graft out the skin.

'We cleansed the entire body and four sheets of skin were grafted out

'Donation of skin shall go a long way in treating serious cases of patients with burn injuries. Since the demand is more and supply is very low, we encourage people for more such donations.'

Skin is grafted from a special medical device called a dermatome. 

'We wanted to procure more skin from the body but due to the high temperature on Thursday, the body started to develop the usual stiffness after death,' added Prof Narayan.


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