Euro skin bank: large scale skin-banking in Europe based on glycerol-preservation of donor skin

Backere, A. C. J. De

doi:10.1016/0305-4179(94)90080-9

Cited by 65 publications

(39 citation statements)

References 31 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Este resultado está de acordo com os observados em um estudo em que a esclera apresentou cultura negativa após o oitavo dia de preservação em glicerina (11) , possivelmente devido a sua atividade bacteriostática (14)(15) . O álcali (hidróxido de sódio) atuou no processo de descontaminação das escleras desnaturando proteínas (16) .…”

Section: Discussionunclassified

Análise comparativa entre esclera tratada com glicerina e esclera tratada com irradiação gama, álcali e glicerina em reconstrução de cavidade anoftálmica: estudo experimental em coelhos

Fernandes¹,

Matayoshi²,

Osaka³

et al. 2007

Arq. Bras. Oftalmol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Discussionunclassified

Análise comparativa entre esclera tratada com glicerina e esclera tratada com irradiação gama, álcali e glicerina em reconstrução de cavidade anoftálmica: estudo experimental em coelhos

Fernandes¹,

Matayoshi²,

Osaka³

et al. 2007

Arq. Bras. Oftalmol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…The most commonly used procedures are cryopreservation (Polge et al 1949;Lovelock and Bishop 1959), glycerol-preservation with high concentration of glycerol (de Backere 1994) and, less frequently, storage at ? 4°C (DeBono et al 1998;Hautier et al 2007).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Viability of cryopreserved human skin allografts: effects of transport media and cryoprotectant

et al. 2011

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Human skin allografts can be preserved by different methods. In our clinical practice, human skin allografts are harvested on multi-organ and tissue donors, transferred at +4°C in Ringer Lactate, cryopreserved with 15% Glycerol and held in the vapor phase of a liquid nitrogen freezer until delivery to the burn center. The aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the impact of transport medium and cryoprotectant on the viability of human skin allografts. For this purpose, we compared skin samples harvested from 19 multi-organ and tissue donors with two different transport media and two different cryoprotectants. Viability was assessed by the MTT assay after harvesting at laboratory reception, during storage (at +4°C) at day 2 and day 7, and after cryopreservation and thawing. Histopathological analysis was performed for each MTT assay. Results indicate that, when stored at +4°C, skin retains more viability with RPMI, whereas Glycerol and DMSO are equivalent cryoprotectants regardless of the transport medium. In conclusion, our protocol could be improved by the utilization of RPMI as transport medium.

show abstract

“…Working on a large and international scale, however, enables the Euro Skin Bank to reach economies of scale necessary to 'break-even' in terms of cost-effectiveness on a non-profit basis 62 .…”

Section: Allocation Criteriamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 1996, a total of almost 1.3 million cm 2 of skin was prepared and issued by the Euro Skin Bank, located at Beverwijk, The Netherlands. This bank was established in 1992, as the successor to the Dutch National Skin Bank, which, in turn, was established in 1976 62 . It cooperates with several skin banks in and outside Europe, for which it processes the skin.…”

Section: Clinical Needmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tissue banking programmes in Europe

Kalter

1997

British Medical Bulletin

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In Europe, organ centres such as Bio Implant Services (BIS) in cooperation with Eurotransplant, play an intermediary role from donation of tissue and organs to allocation and transplantation.They take responsibility for donor medical/safety screening and organize procurement.Tissue banks are autonomous and are responsible for tissue processing and preservation. Allocation of scarce tissues is performed according to rules set by committees of renowned experts in the field. Most frequently donated types of tissues are corneas, heart valves, bone and soft tissue and skin. In this article, optimal serological screening of the donor, and the banking of these tissues in Europe is reviewed in relation to clinical need and volume of transplantable tissues available, number of banks and their organisational level, methods of explantation, processing and preservation, quality standards and new developments.

show abstract

Euro skin bank: large scale skin-banking in Europe based on glycerol-preservation of donor skin

Cited by 65 publications

References 31 publications

Análise comparativa entre esclera tratada com glicerina e esclera tratada com irradiação gama, álcali e glicerina em reconstrução de cavidade anoftálmica: estudo experimental em coelhos

Análise comparativa entre esclera tratada com glicerina e esclera tratada com irradiação gama, álcali e glicerina em reconstrução de cavidade anoftálmica: estudo experimental em coelhos

Viability of cryopreserved human skin allografts: effects of transport media and cryoprotectant

Tissue banking programmes in Europe

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About