The utility of Alloderm in hand resurfacing.
Alloderm as a biomechanical scaffold in situations such as skin grafting has been previously demonstrated. In this paper we describe its utility in a broad range of post-traumatic and congenital hand defects. During the recent three years, 11 patients (7 male, 4 female) ranging in age from 8 to 84 years underwent hand resurfacing using acellular dermis graft. There were 10 traumatic and 1 congenital hand deformities (constriction ring syndrome). The acellular dermis was used as both a dermal filler and as a spacer construct. There was no obvious loss of the acellular dermis or infection. Stable resurfacing was achieved in all patients with reasonable functional and cosmetic outcomes.
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Surak
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, DongGuk University Medical School, South Korea. surakeo@yahoo.com
Cho
Sanghun
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Shin
Heakyeong
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Kim
John Y S
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D000293:Adolescent; D003094:Collagen; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation
C440568:Alloderm; D003094:Collagen