title: The cosmetic split-thickness skin graft donor site.
abstract: Any split-thickness skin graft donor site is obvious to some degree because of pigment alterations and, at the worst, it can develop hypertrophic scarring. A predictably superior aesthetic result is possible if this site is converted to a full-thickness defect followed by primary closure, because a linear scar is the only residuum. Using a modified tumescent technique, the groin can also be readily used as a split-thickness donor site if a thin graft is preferred; it captures the attributes of an ideal donor site in which pain is diminished, healing rapid, and the scar inconspicuous, just as when it is used as a full-thickness skin graft donor site.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA, USA.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Hallock
mesh_terms: D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting