Use of foam bolsters for securing facial skin grafts.
Many methods of securing skin grafts to their recipient beds have been described. A review of the senior author's experience with facial skin cancers over a two-year period revealed that reconstruction with full-thickness skin grafts was employed in 60 of more than 500 cases. This series of 60 cases was reviewed. Uses of foam as a bolster has proven to be a simple, time-conserving and reliable technique that produces consistently excellent results with a low complication rate. The technique is reviewed, along with its advantages and disadvantages.
Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.
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Caldwell
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Giles
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Davis
D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps