Skin Graft in Spanish

What it means

A skin graft is a patch of skin that is removed by surgery from one area of the body and transplanted, or attached, to another area. Healthy skin is taken from a place on the body called the donor site. Most people having a skin graft have a split-thickness skin graft, which takes the two top layers of skin from the donor site; people with deeper tissue loss may need a full-thickness skin graft, which requires the entire thickness of skin from the donor site. Skin grafts may be recommended for burns, very large wounds, skin cancer surgery, and venous ulcers, pressure ulcers, or diabetic ulcers that do not heal. The surgery is usually done under general anesthesia. Most skin grafts are successful, but some do not heal well.

Spanish term: Injerto de piel
Gender and article: masculine: el injerto de piel
Pronunciation: een-HEHR-toh deh PYEHL

Other Spanish terms	Where it is used	Note
trasplante de piel	General	MedlinePlus en español lists Trasplante de piel among the alternative names of its article on the skin graft.
autoinjerto de piel	General	MedlinePlus en español lists Autoinjerto de piel among the alternative names of the same article.

Injerto de piel is the title of the MedlinePlus en español article and the headword in the National Cancer Institute's Spanish dictionary, which defines it as skin that is transplanted from one part of the body to another. MedlinePlus en español lists trasplante de piel and autoinjerto de piel among the article's alternative names. The Spanish dictionary enters injerto as a masculine noun whose first sense is about plants; its fourth sense is an organ or fragment of living tissue that is implanted in a part of the body to repair a lesion, or for aesthetic purposes.

The two kinds are injerto de piel de grosor parcial (split-thickness) and injerto de piel de grosor total (full-thickness); the English abbreviations STSG and FTSG appear unchanged in the Spanish list of alternative names. The place the skin comes from is el sitio donante, also written la zona donante in the same article. Other words from the article are vendaje (dressing), grapas (staples), puntos de sutura (stitches) and quemaduras (burns).

Phrases for an appointment

What a patient or a clinician might say, in English and Spanish:

Who	English	Spanish
Clinician	The wound is too large to close, so I recommend a skin graft.	La herida es demasiado grande para cerrarla, así que le recomiendo un injerto de piel.
Patient	Where will you take the skin from?	¿De dónde van a sacar la piel?
Clinician	From the donor site, which is usually an area hidden by clothes, such as the inner thigh.	Del sitio donante, que generalmente es una zona que se oculta con la ropa, como la parte interior del muslo.
Patient	Will I have general anesthesia?	¿Me van a poner anestesia general?
Clinician	Are you taking any medicines, supplements or herbs?	¿Está tomando algún medicamento, suplemento o producto herbal?
Patient	How long do I have to wear the dressing, and can it get wet?	¿Cuánto tiempo tengo que usar el vendaje, y se puede mojar?
Clinician	I will check the graft and the donor site at your next visit.	Voy a revisar el injerto y el sitio donante en su próxima consulta.
Patient	Will there be a scar at the donor site?	¿Va a quedar una cicatriz en el sitio donante?

In 9 languages

Language	Term
English	Skin Graft
Spanish (Español)	Injerto de piel
Chinese (中文)	皮膚移植術
Korean (한국어)	피부 이식술
Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)	Ghép da
Filipino (Tagalog)	Skin graft
Portuguese (Português)	Enxerto de pele
Thai (ภาษาไทย)	การปลูกถ่ายผิวหนัง
Japanese (日本語)	皮膚移植術

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Related terms

Your right to an interpreter in the United States

If English is not your primary language and you have difficulty communicating in English, you may need an interpreter or a translated document when you visit a doctor or dentist, go to the emergency room or pick up a prescription. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights states that two federal laws, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, require programs that receive its funding to provide language access services free of charge.

You can ask when you make the appointment or at the front desk: "I need an interpreter, please." «Necesito un intérprete, por favor.»

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