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Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University describe findings in health and medicine

Published in Blood Weekly, May 13th, 2010

A new study, 'Extended forehead skin expansion and single-stage nasal subunit plasty for nasal reconstruction,' is now available. According to a study from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "Forehead skin is often insufficient to use for nasal reconstruction because of a low hairline. In addition, skin graft used to repair donor-site defects results in obvious mismatched patches, whereas healing by secondary intention of donor-site defects causes conspicuous scars."

"To make up for the shortage of forehead skin used for nasal reconstruction and primary donor-site defect closure, the authors challenged the conventional idea of late shrinkage of expanded forehead...

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