Treatment of temporal scalp wound separation in the rhytidectomy patient.
A method of approaching the separated, granular temporal scalp wound in a rhytidectomy patient is presented. The time-honored principles of wound healing are discussed with reference to the first skin graft described.
D005260:Female; D006097:Granulation Tissue; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing