A stent for a split-thickness skin graft vestibuloplasty.
Accepting the requirement that there must be intimate contact between a split-thickness skin graft and the underlying periosteum in a vestibuloplasty, a method of forming a stent to meet this.criterion is presented. The procedure uses an overextended impression and a custom-made acrylic resin base. Two methods of modifying the base with a secondary impression to form a stent at the time of the operation are described.
D006801:Humans; D010521:Periosteum / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013165:Splints; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014727:Vestibuloplasty