title: Early discharge of patients following skin graft for extremity melanoma.
abstract: Wide local excision with split-thickness skin graft is generally performed for intermediary and thick primary extremity melanoma. This report summarizes the experience of treating seven extremity melanoma patients with early immobilization and discharge using plaster casting or splinting following wide local excision and split-thickness skin graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Arizona Cancer Center, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Leong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation