Railroading technique of dermal grafting for linear atrophic scarring
oleh: Balakrishnan Nirmal, Savitha Somiah, Sarvajnamurthy A Sacchidanand
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Dermal grafting is a valuable technique in the field of dermatosurgery for the treatment of atrophic scars where the source of filler material is the patient′s own dermis. However, it is underused for the reasons being difficulties in placing the graft in the tunnel, keratin cysts and complications due to biofilms. Railroading technique used in urology for rupture urethra has been described for dermal grafts to overcome the technical difficulties of graft placement.