title: Wire basket for immobilization of interscapular skin grafts.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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