A Retrospective Study of Factors Influencing the Survival of Modified Meek Micrografting in Severe Burn Patients

Abstract

Abstract Modified Meek micrografting is a common method for treating severe burn patients. This study was to analyze the factors affecting the survival of modified Meek micrografting, thereby improving the survival rate of skin grafts. Eighty-three patients who underwent modified Meek micrografting were analyzed. According to the survival rate of skin graft after operation, the patients were divided into good skin survival group (GSSG, survival rate ≥ 70%, 47 cases) and poor skin survival group (PSSG, survival rate < 70%, 36 cases). The baseline data, surgical information, perioperative laboratory indicators, and prognosis of the patients were statistically analyzed. The univariate analysis and repeated measurement showed the burn severity, Meek skin graft area, duration of anesthesia, the postoperative sepsis shock, the mortality, the neutrophils percentage on the third day after surgery (NEU3), and the growth rate of neutrophils percentage from the first to third day after surgery (NEU3-1%) in the GSSG were significantly lower than those in the PSSG, whereas the perioperative average albumin levels and the perioperative average pre-albumin levels were higher. Receiver operating characteristic curve showed that the NEU3 had a good predictive value for the survival of skin slices. Maintaining perioperative albumin levels at a high level, controlling perioperative infection, and shortening the operation time as much as possible may improve the survival rate of modified Meek micrografting.