New economical skin graft expansion wheel.
A simple and economical mesh graft expansion wheel is described. The instrument does not need any consumables--carriers for example--and is very low priced compared with other expanders. A small institution or a private practising surgeon in this country can afford it. It is possible to increase or reduce the number of wheels to individual surgeon's requirements. Different expansion ratios can be obtained by simple changes in design.
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Burns Research Unit, B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Parel, Bombay, India.
D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*