A method for optimizing skin graft healing and outcome of wounds of the penile shaft and scrotum.
Split-thickness skin grafting provides the best functional and aesthetic result in the treatment of wounds of the penis and scrotum. Achieving graft adherence and take in this anatomically mobile region is challenging. A simple method of effectively stabilizing skin grafts in the treatment of penile and perineal wounds is described, and patients in whom complete graft take was achieved are discussed.
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Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
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Wigoda
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D001458:Bandages; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D012611:Scrotum / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000473:pathology; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing