What is a Tissue Graft?
A tissue graft is a medical procedure in which tissue from a donor is used to replace missing or damaged tissue on a patient. Numerous type of human tissue can be used including veins, skin, tendons, bone, and ocular materials. One of the most common types of tissue graft is a skin graft for a burn victim, but other patients can benefit from tissue donation as well. Because the surgery which accompanies a tissue graft is often invasive, the patient will have to take antibiotics and observe special precautions until the surgical site heals. In an autograft, donor tissue is taken directly from the patient. Autografts are frequently carried out with skin, which can be removed from the thigh and used elsewhere on the body. This type of tissue graft tends to absorb more quickly into the body, although the patient will have to take care of two recovery sites, the grafted site and the donor site, until he or she heals. In an emergency situation, an autograft is often the tissue graft of choic
