Burns - Skin Graft (Transplantation). Graphic depiction of skin graft surgey using the following surgical steps: A. Surgeon uses a dermatome to harvest a split thickness skin graft from the thigh; B. The skin graft transplant is run through a mesher machine to expand the tissue; C. Right arm and hand display the burned eschar tissue being shaved off with a Weck knife back to fresh bleeding tissue; D. Application of the meshed split thickness skin grafts with a skin stapler.