Safety and Efficacy of realSKIN® to Provide Complete Wound Closure of Burn Wounds as an Alternative to Autografting

"realSKIN® is a live biotherapeutic, bi-layered, split-thickness, membranous, skin xenotransplant wound dressing manufactured from living porcine skin sourced from genetically engineered, alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase knock-out (GalT-KO) porcine (Sus scrofa) donors under aseptic conditions.~realSKIN® is topically applied to a surgically prepared wound bed via sutures or staples and may be trimmed to fit the shape and size of the wound area."

Autograft(ing) is the current standard of care procedure for the treatment of severe burns. The procedure involves the removal of a sheet of healthy skin, i.e. autologous (self) skin harvesting, from an uninjured site on the patient and using it to cover the original burn wound.