Types of Graft
Accordion graft: A full-thickness skin graft in which slits have been made so that it may be stretched to cover a larger area.
Arteriovenous graft: An arteriovenous fistula consisting of a venous autograft or xenograft or a synthetic tube grafted onto the artery and vein.
Avascular graft: A graft of tissue in which not even transient vascularization is achieved.
Blair-Brown graft: A split-skin graft of intermediate thickness.
Bone graft: A piece of bone used to take the place of a removed bone or bony defect.
Cable graft: A nerve graft made up of several sections of nerve in the manner of a cable.
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) see under bypass surgery of the heart.
Delayed graft: A skin graft sutured back into its bed and subsequently shifted to a new recipient site.
Dermal graft: Skin from which epidermis and subcutaneous fat have been removed; used instead of fascia in various plastic procedures.
Fascia graft: One taken from the fascia lata or the lumbar fascia.
Fascicular graft: A nerve graft in which bundles of nerve fibers are approximated and sutured separately.
Full-thickness graft: A skin graft consisting of the full thickness of the skin, with little or none of the subcutaneous tissue.
Heterodermic graft: A skin graft taken from a donor of another species.
Krause-Wolfe graft: Full-thickness graft.
Lamellar graft: Replacement of the superficial layers of an opaque cornea by a thin layer of clear cornea from a donor's eye.
Nerve graft: Replacement of an area of defective nerve with a segment from a sound one.
Omental grafts: Free or attached segments of omentum used to cover suture lines following gastrointestinal or colonic surgery.
Pedicle graft: A tube of soft tissue with intact skin cover raised on the abdomen and transferred surgically to remote areas in stages
Penetrating graft: A full-thickness corneal transplant.
Periosteal graft: A piece of periosteum to cover a denuded bone.
Pinch graft: A piece of skin graft about 14 inches in diameter, obtained by elevating the skin with a needle and slicing it off with a knife.
Sieve graft: A skin graft from which tiny circular islands of skin are removed so that a larger denuded area can be covered, the sieve-like portion being placed over one area, and the individual islands over surrounding or other denuded areas.
Split-skin graft: A skin graft consisting of only a superficial portion of the skin thickness.
Thick-split skin graft: A skin graft cut in pieces, often including about two-thirds of the full thickness of the skin.
White graft: A graft devoid of blood supply.
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