A Simple and Effective Approach to Defatting Large Surface Area Full-thickness Skin Grafts
Summary:. Skin grafting is a fundamental tool in plastic surgery for the resurfacing of wounds resulting from burns, necrotizing infections, trauma, oncologic resections, donor site defects, and other causes. Compared with split-thickness skin grafts, full-thickness skin grafts (FTSGs) undergo less...
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| author | Cole V. Roblee, BS Peter Mankowski, MD, MSc Lauren Marquette, MD Katherine M. Gast, MD, MS William M. Kuzon, Jr, MD, PhD |
| author_facet | Cole V. Roblee, BS Peter Mankowski, MD, MSc Lauren Marquette, MD Katherine M. Gast, MD, MS William M. Kuzon, Jr, MD, PhD |
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| description | Summary:. Skin grafting is a fundamental tool in plastic surgery for the resurfacing of wounds resulting from burns, necrotizing infections, trauma, oncologic resections, donor site defects, and other causes. Compared with split-thickness skin grafts, full-thickness skin grafts (FTSGs) undergo less secondary contracture and often result in better aesthetic outcomes. To assure graft take, FTSGs require thorough defatting and adequate contact between the graft and the underlying wound bed. Conventionally, during the defatting process, FTSGs are stabilized on the surgeon’s fingers, whereas curved scissors are used to remove the subcutaneous tissue. This approach is effective for small grafts, but for large FTSGs, it is time-consuming and ergonomically challenging. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2dd8a2941b854be6a1c219d8f7cb171a2025-08-20T02:23:11ZengWolters KluwerPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open2169-75742024-08-01128e602010.1097/GOX.0000000000006020202408000-00003A Simple and Effective Approach to Defatting Large Surface Area Full-thickness Skin GraftsCole V. Roblee, BS0Peter Mankowski, MD, MSc1Lauren Marquette, MD2Katherine M. Gast, MD, MS3William M. Kuzon, Jr, MD, PhD4From the * Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.From the * Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.From the * Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.‡ Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisc.From the * Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.Summary:. Skin grafting is a fundamental tool in plastic surgery for the resurfacing of wounds resulting from burns, necrotizing infections, trauma, oncologic resections, donor site defects, and other causes. Compared with split-thickness skin grafts, full-thickness skin grafts (FTSGs) undergo less secondary contracture and often result in better aesthetic outcomes. To assure graft take, FTSGs require thorough defatting and adequate contact between the graft and the underlying wound bed. Conventionally, during the defatting process, FTSGs are stabilized on the surgeon’s fingers, whereas curved scissors are used to remove the subcutaneous tissue. This approach is effective for small grafts, but for large FTSGs, it is time-consuming and ergonomically challenging.http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000006020 |
| spellingShingle | Cole V. Roblee, BS Peter Mankowski, MD, MSc Lauren Marquette, MD Katherine M. Gast, MD, MS William M. Kuzon, Jr, MD, PhD A Simple and Effective Approach to Defatting Large Surface Area Full-thickness Skin Grafts Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open |
| title | A Simple and Effective Approach to Defatting Large Surface Area Full-thickness Skin Grafts |
| title_full | A Simple and Effective Approach to Defatting Large Surface Area Full-thickness Skin Grafts |
| title_fullStr | A Simple and Effective Approach to Defatting Large Surface Area Full-thickness Skin Grafts |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Simple and Effective Approach to Defatting Large Surface Area Full-thickness Skin Grafts |
| title_short | A Simple and Effective Approach to Defatting Large Surface Area Full-thickness Skin Grafts |
| title_sort | simple and effective approach to defatting large surface area full thickness skin grafts |
| url | http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000006020 |
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