title: Button bolsters in dermatologic surgery.
abstract: Ordinary plastic buttons may be used as bolster devices to relieve tension across wounds. This article describes the method of placement of those "button bolsters" and suggests two methods of closing the wound once they are in place. This simple technique is easily mastered and gives additional wound closure security in the initial phase of wound healing.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adnot
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Salasche
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D003880:Dermatology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*