FREE, FULL-THICKNESS SKIN GRAFTS

Extended Use of Full-Thickness Skin Grafts, Employing Variable Donor Sites

BACKGROUND Full-thickness skin graft (FTSG) is a very versatile tool regularly used in small sizes. With the established knowledge of the graft take through the margins as well as wound bed, we extended the use of the FTSG for reconstruction of large-sized defects with satisfactory results.  METHODS We presented our experience in wound reconstruction using FTSG in 28 patients. We select...

Full thickness skin grafts in periocular reconstructions: long-term outcomes.

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcomes of eyelid reconstruction in patients who underwent full thickness skin grafts. METHODS A retrospective, noncomparative intervention study of patients who underwent periocular reconstruction with full thickness skin grafts between 2005 and 2011. RESULTS One hundred consecutive Caucasian patients were included in the study, 54 women and 46 men. Mean follow up ...

Stretching the limits of full-thickness skin grafts.

Eyelid Reconstruction with Full Thickness Skin Grafts After Carcinoma Excision.

BACKGROUND Various techniques have been proposed for reconstruction of the eyelid anterior lamella after carcinoma excision: among these are the transposition of skin flaps, and full-thickness skin grafts or combination of these two. AIM To present our experience in eyelid reconstruction with full-thickness skin grafts and to assess the aesthetic and functional outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

[Full thickness skin grafts obtained from the skin overlying sentinel nodes].

BACKGROUND Surgical treatment of skin melanoma with skin margins in accordance with tumor thickness often necessitates covering the surgical defect with full or partial thickness skin grafts. When selective sentinel node biopsy is indicated, traditional procedures require 3 incisions: 1 in the region of the primary tumor covered by the graft, 1 in the axilla or groin corresponding to the site o...