The use of epidermis over a keloid as an autograft after resection of the keloid.
A technique is described using the epithelium over a keloid as a graft after excision of the keloid. Advantages of this procedure are availability of skin and avoidance of the danger of keloid formation in a distant donor site. Results in a series of five patients followed for five years were satisfactory in three.
D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods