キチン創傷被覆保護材の口腔粘膜欠損部への臨床応用

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In recent years various artificial skins and wound dressing materials have been used in plastic surgery and dermatology for burn skin, donor site, graft site, peel-off/wear away site, and traumatized, worn away skin. Among these artificial dressing materials, a "chitin" wound dressing extracted from red "zuwai" crab (Beschitin-W®, Unichika-Roussel Medica Co.) is made by a fibrous version of its main component, N-acetyl glucosamine. This dressing has numerous advantages over similarly-developed freeze-dried dura, pigskin, or collagen membrane. The well-known properties include its high biocompatibility, accelerated granulation and epidermis formation, high-grade efficacy, no or extremly mild side effects, virtual absence of antigenicity and minimized risk of breakdown. We have used this dressing for treating oral mucous defects with success; herein is a summary of such treatment. In this study, we used Beschin-W® in some of our patients with oral mucosal problems including gingiva and tongue developed during surgery. Good clinical courses observed in these patients are reported in this article.