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ArticleEuropean burn journal2025

Cosmetic Outcomes of the First Bodybuilder Using a Low-Cost Modified Culture Technique for Burn Wound Coverage: A Case Report and Long-Term Follow-Up.

Wayne George Kleintjes, Tarryn Kay Prinsloo

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Article in European burn journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Wayne George KleintjesDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University Medical School, Francie van Zijl Avenue, Parow, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4402-208X
Tarryn Kay PrinslooDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5232-4272

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cultured epidermal autografts (CEAs) serve as an alternative permanent skin replacement, though high costs often limit their use in resource-constrained settings and to life-saving cases. This case report presents the first documented cosmetic application of a modified CEA technique in a bodybuilder, demonstrating favorable aesthetic outcomes. A 28-year-old Black male with a 20% total body surface area burn sustained in a domestic fire exhibited superficial and deep partial-thickness burns to the face, arms, torso, and feet. Refusing grafts from visible donor sites, treatment using a low-cost modified CEA approach was employed to minimize donor site morbidity. Keratinocytes harvested from a groin biopsy were cultured on Cutimed Sorbact

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body builderburncosmesiscultured epidermal autograftsgraft takeskin graftskin transplantationTygerberg hospital

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PMID40558624
PMCPMC12191498

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