Risk was notified that a surgeon was attempting a skin graft with two loaner zimmer dermatomes and both caused a skipping effect across the skin.This caused fragmented skin retrieval, therefore, causing the skin to not be usable.The surgery was aborted.The donor sites were cleaned and dressed.The pt came back 2 days later and the stsg was performed successfully and since then the pt has been discharged home.The info on the dermatomes are as follows.Sn (b)(4).We have been in contact with (b)(4) from zimmer.
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