title: Treatment of acquired syndactyly by gauze-fixed epidermal graft after radiosurgery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acquired syndactyly is a rare disease that occurs mostly after disease, trauma, or other inflammatory conditions. It is usually treated by surgical incision with a flap or full-thickness skin graft, which is very invasive and requires hospitalization.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective was to treat acquired syndactyly with an epidermal graft by suction blister after radiosurgery, because this procedure is much less invasive and can be performed in an outpatient base.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 65-year-old Korean woman had acquired syndactyly after various traditional treatments for tinea pedis. Five days after separation of syndactyly with radiosurgery, we prepared an epidermal sheet by suction blister, placed it on sterile meshed gauze, and applied it to the separated lesion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient's lesion was completely healed after 7 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gauze-fixed epidermal graft after radiosurgery is a very effective and simple treatment for shallow acquired syndactyly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Eon
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Tae-Jin
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Tae-Heung
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014008:Tinea Pedis / Q000150:complications; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome