title: A study relating wound tension to scar morphology in the pre-sternal scar using Langers technique.
abstract: Using the techniques of Karl Langer (1861) a cadaver study has been performed to relate the pattern of skin tension to scar morphology found in the pre-sternal scar. It is demonstrated that hypertrophic scarring occurs in areas of high tension with "pull" in many directions, but that a stretched scar results from increased tension in one axis only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University College Hospital, London.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: McGrouther
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D013718:Tensile Strength