Local full-thickness skin-graft coverage for the radial forearm flap donor site.
Closure of the radial forearm flap donor site has been achieved by triangulating the defect and using a full-thickness skin graft from the adjacent volar forearm. Coverage of the flexor carpi radialis tendon has been more robust, and the aesthetic results have been superior to split-thickness skin-graft coverage of the forearm flap donor site.
Liang
M D
MD
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA.
Swartz
W M
WM
Jones
N F
NF
D001458:Bandages; D004210:Dissection; D005542:Forearm / Q000601:surgery*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000473:pathology; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods* / Q000473:pathology; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery