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Lambda incision for effective tissue expansion
- Source :
- Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 63:1682-1687
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2010.
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Abstract
- Summary By using a rectangular type tissue expander, the skin is expanded as a cuboid. To cover a skin defect effectively, it is necessary to cut the expanded skin and to spread it out as a flap. We designed the lambda incision of the lateral wall of the expanded cuboid. In principle we make one lambda incision on each lateral wall (a total of 2 incisions). However, if the defect is triangular, one lambda on one side is sufficient. If it is a trapezoid, one lambda on one side and two lambdas on the opposite side are used. The lambda incision was applied in 11 cases. In almost all, the expanded skin could be spread out well and the lesions could be resected. There were no complication due to lambda incisions.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Skin Neoplasms
Adolescent
medicine.medical_treatment
Dermatologic Surgical Procedures
Tissue Expansion
Lambda
medicine
Humans
Child
Tissue expander
Nevus, Pigmented
Cuboid
business.industry
Tissue Expansion Devices
Equipment Design
Skin Transplantation
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
Female
Cover (algebra)
Burns
Lateral wall
business
Tissue expansion
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17486815
- Volume :
- 63
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8103aa69abb774f20fd354b449e060e4
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2009.09.015