The use of a buried wire frame to reduce contracture of grafts.
Contracture following the successful take of a split-thickness cutaneous graft may be difficult to avoid if a force opposite to the contraction cannot be applied. In this paper, a procedure is described in which a wire-frame buried around the graft maintains it expanded during the contractile period.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003286:Contracture / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004483:Ectropion / Q000601:surgery; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013997:Time Factors
D013193:Stainless Steel