Wire basket for immobilization of interscapular skin grafts.
One of the most difficult areas on the body to skin graft successfully is the interscapular and upper back region. We have used a wire "basket" to immobilize the interscapular region in 8 patients following wide excision for melanoma. "Takes" amounting to more than 90% in 7 patients and 80% in 1 patient have been obtained. The technique is simple and inexpensive.
D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery*; D012540:Scapula; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous