Within 48 hours of transplantation, skin graft survives due to:: (A) Amount of saline in graft, (B) Plasma imbibitions, (C) Inosculation, (D) Revascularisation
Answer is B. Graft survives upto first 48hrs because of plasma imbibition. Involves free absorption of nutrients into the graft. Inosculation is completed by 4-5 days Revascularization occurs after 5 days