Correction of hypercromic palmar graft with split-thickness instep plantar graft: case report.
The plantar skin is the best donor site for grafting third-degree burn wounds onto volar aspect of hands and digits. In children, however, it is difficult to harvest the instep for a split-thickness graft. Most of these cases are treated with full-thickness or split-thickness skin grafts and dyspigmentation of the grafted area becomes a reality. We present a case of full-thickness graft hyperpigmentation that was treated with instep plantar graft.
Teles
Guilherme
G
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Red Cross Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil. guilhermeteles77@yahoo.com.br
Bastos
Veloso
V
Mello
Gustavo
G
D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D017211:Treatment Failure