Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Thiersch graft Pronunciation:
'tirsh- Function:
noun : a skin graft that consists of thin strips or sheets of epithelium with the tops of thedermal papillae and that is split off with a sharp knife
Thiersch,
Carl (1822–1895), German surgeon. Thiersch is famous for introducing epidermal grafting in plasticsurgery and for his monographs on epithelial cancer of the skin and the healing of wounds. He introduced the Thiersch graft in 1874.
