title: Use of surgical sponge with running sutures for securing full-thickness skin grafts.
abstract: One of the most common methods of skin defect repairing is the use of a skin graft. It is simple and reliable technique, although sometimes it is not totally successful due to hematoma and seroma formation between the skin graft and the recipient bed. Here in, we present a method to secure the skin grafts using a surgical sponge with two running sutures. This technique ensures high survival rate of the skin grafts, and in addition it is easy to be performed by the surgeon only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166 Gumiro, Bundang, Gyeonggi, Seongnam 463-707, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Stamatis
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sapountzis
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chantes
authors.forename: Ji Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim