Artificial dermis combined with skin grafting for the treatment of hand skin and soft tissue defects and exposure of bone and tendon
Wei Wang, Dong-Sheng Chen, Zhao-Di Guo, Dan Yu, Qin Cao, Xiao-Wei Zhu
Wei Wang, Dong-Sheng Chen, Dan Yu, Xiao-Wei Zhu, Department of Operating Room, The First People Hospital of Jiangxia District, Wuhan 430200, Hubei Province, China
Zhao-Di Guo, Qin Cao, Department of Hand Surgery, The First People Hospital of Jiangxia District, Wuhan 430200, Hubei Province, China
Co-first authors: Wei Wang and Dong-Sheng Chen.
Author contributions: Wang W and Chen DS designed the research; Wang W, Chen DS, Guo ZD, Cao Q, and Yu D performed the research; Zhu XW contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Zhu XW, Guo ZD, Cao Q, and Yu D analyzed the data; Wang W and Chen DS wrote the paper; All authors were involved in the critical review of the results and have contributed to, read, and approved the final manuscript. Wang W and Chen DS contributed equally to this work as co-first authors. The reasons for designating Wang W and Chen DS as co-first authors are threefold. First, the research was performed as a collaborative effort, and the designation of co-corresponding authorship accurately reflects the distribution of responsibilities and burdens associated with the time and effort required to complete the study and the resultant paper. This also ensures effective communication and management of post-submission matters, ultimately enhancing the paper's quality and reliability; Second, the overall research team encompassed authors with a variety of expertise and skills from different fields, and the designation of co-first authors best reflects this diversity. This also promotes the most comprehensive and in-depth examination of the research topic, ultimately enriching readers' understanding by offering various expert perspectives; Third, Wang W and Chen DS contributed efforts of equal substance throughout the research process. The choice of these researchers as co-first authors acknowledges and respects this equal contribution, while recognizing the spirit of teamwork and collaboration of this study. In summary, we believe that designating Wang W and Chen DS as co-first authors is fitting for our manuscript as it accurately reflects our team's collaborative spirit, equal contributions, and diversity.
Supported by Clinical Study of Artificial Dermis Combined with Skin Flap Replacement Flap in Limb Wound Repair, No. WX21C27.
Institutional review board statement: This study protocol was approved by The First People’s Hospital of Jiangxia District, and all the families have voluntarily participated in the study and have signed informed consent forms.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflicts of interest related to this study.
Data sharing statement: Data generated from this investigation are available upon reasonable quest from the corresponding author.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See:
https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Xiao-Wei Zhu, MD, Chief Physician, Department of Operating Room, The First People Hospital of Jiangxia District, No. 1 Cultural Avenue, Jiangxia District, Wuhan 430200, Hubei Province, China. xiaoweizhu0818@163.com
Received: September 25, 2023
Peer-review started: September 25, 2023
First decision: October 17, 2023
Revised: October 25, 2023
Accepted: October 30, 2023
Article in press: October 30, 2023
Published online: November 26, 2023
