Skin Grafts
Reports on Skin Grafts Findings from C. Yildirim and Co-Researchers Provide New Insights
Published in Blood Weekly, October 13th, 2011
2011 OCT 13 -- "Skin grafts and local flaps are conventional methods of repair for congenital syndactyly, but the results obtained are not always as functional and aesthetic as desired and frequently leave postoperative scars and residual syndactyly. In this article, we describe a new surgical technique for web reconstruction in the correction of simple, incomplete syndactyly," researchers in Istanbul, Turkey report.
"The technique consists of a dorsal separated V-Y advancement flap and a volar triangular flap to cover the newly created web space, thus avoiding skin graft in this space. In all, 15 web spaces in 10 patients were treated using this method. A...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-10-13)
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