The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of performing oral reconstructive surgeries using either AlloDerm, a product commonly used for this purpose, or AlloDerm that has been overlaid with the subject's oral mucosal cells and developed into a type of graft that is called an ex vivo produced oral mucosal equivalent, EVPOME.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Percent Graft Contracture
During surgery, after preparation of the recipient bed, the recipient bed and the graft will be measured for the maximum distance between non-resorbable sutures placed at the margins of the graft. Post-surgical measurements of the graft site will be taken at visits 5, 6, 7, and 8 and compared to original graft size to assess percentage of graft contracture.
Time frame: 2-24 weeks
Degree of Epithelialized Tissue
Degree of epithelialized mucosa will be assessed by biopsy taken at the geometric center of the graft at week 4 s/p grafting. The biopsy will be evaluated by routine histology for the presence of an intact and stratified keratinized epithelial layer and by immunohistochemistry (IHC) for microvessel vascular ingrowth into the dermis/dermal matrix (AlloDerm).
Time frame: 4 weeks after surgery
Laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF)
LDF measurements will be used to assess graft blood flow (tissue perfusion of the grafts). The LDF measures will also be compared with the immunohistochemistry (IHC) results seen on the biopsy to determine the relationship between the flood flow and degree of microvessel infiltration into the dermis/dermal matrix (AlloDerm) based on the two measures.
Time frame: Visit 1 and 2 and 4 weeks after surgery
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