Sheet of scar causes trapdoor deformity: a hypothesis.
The trapdoor deformity has been thought to be the result of contraction of the semicircular scar of the skin surface. The hypothesis is presented that a sheet of internal scar is primarily responsible for raising the skin inside the semicircle.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
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Hosokawa
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Susuki
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Kikui
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Masada
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Hashimoto
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic