M-plasty for Full-Thickness Skin Graft Donor Site
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DESCRIPTION An 18-year-old man suffered deep dermal burns on his chest, back, and left arm after an explosion and underwent mesh-skin grafting of the affected areas over several operations. The patient came to us with a postburn joint contracture of the left elbow.
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