A patient is to undergo skin grafting with the use of cultured epithelial autografts (CEAs)as skin replacement for full-thickness burns.The nurse explains to the patient that this treatment involves which of the following?

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Cultured epithelial autografts involve growing small specimens of the patient's skin in sheets, which are then grafted as permanent skin coverage. Shaving a split-thickness layer of the patient's skin (Option A) is the process of harvesting skin for a traditional skin graft, not CEAs. Cultivating skin from a cadaver (Option C) is known as allografting and is not used for permanent skin coverage. Exposing animal skin to growth factors (Option D) is known as xenografting and is not commonly used for full-thickness burns as it has high antigenicity.

A Patient Is to Undergo Skin Grafting with the Use