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ArticleScientific reports2024

New strategies for sterilization and preservation of fresh fish skin grafts.

Ahmed Ibrahim, Hossam M Fahmy, Ghada Abd-Elmonsef Mahmoud, Mahmoud Soliman, Abdelnaby M Elshahawy

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmed IbrahimVeterinary Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt. elgrah38@vet.aun.edu.eg.
Hossam M FahmyLaboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ghada Abd-Elmonsef MahmoudBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt.
Mahmoud SolimanDepartment of Veterinary Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt.
Abdelnaby M ElshahawyDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt.
Assiut University · EGAin Shams University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of fish skin as a biological dressing for treating burns and wounds holds great promise, offering an alternative to existing management strategies. However, the risk of disease transmission is a significant concern. Therefore, this study aimed to examine how established sterilization and preservation procedures affected fish skin grafts' microbiological and histological properties for long-term usage. Lyophilization of the fish skin graft followed by rehydration in normal saline for 15 min did not change the collagen content. Furthermore, gamma irradiation of the lyophilized fish skin graft at different lengths 5, 10, and 25 KGy showed a significant reduction in microbial growth (aerobic bacteria, aerobic yeasts, and fungi) at 15- and 30 days after the irradiation. However, exposure to 10 KGy was found to be the most effective intensity among the different gamma irradiation lengths since it preserved the collagen fiber content and intensity in the lyophilized fish skin grafts at 15- and 30 days after the irradiation. These findings provide efficient preservation and sterilization methods for long-term usage of the fresh Tilapia skin grafts used for biological dressings.

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Ichthyosis, LamellarSkin TransplantationAnimalsCollagenFishesFreeze DryingPreservation, BiologicalSterilizationCollagen

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PMID38218988
PMCPMC10787751
OpenAlexW4390839100

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