title: Easy and cheap way to prepare skin extenders.
abstract: Skin extender is a very useful method to repair wounds when oedema and skin retraction make a direct suture impossible. We have developed a new, simple and cheap way to prepare skin extenders based only on elastic vessel loops and metal clips stapler commonly used for skin suture and available in any operating room. This simple method can be performed both in the operating room and at the patient bedside, even under local anaesthesia, causes no bleeding and appears to be inexpensive and rapidly usable and should be made readily available in any hospital.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University Medical School, Ancona, Italy. astanizzi@tiscali.it.
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Stanizzi
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University Medical School, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Caterina
authors: C
authors: Tartaglione
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University Medical School, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Elisa
authors: E
authors: Bolletta
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University Medical School, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Matteo
authors: M
authors: Gioacchini
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University Medical School, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Manuela
authors: M
authors: Bottoni
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University Medical School, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Davide
authors: D
authors: Talevi
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University Medical School, Ancona, Italy.
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Di Benedetto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures
keywords: Skin extenders; Wound