Clinical pearl: Advantages of the scalp as a split-thickness skin graft donor site

Julie Ann Amthor Croley; Jason M. Hirshburg; Richard F. Wagner

Clinical pearl: Advantages of the scalp as a split-thickness skin graft donor site

Julie Ann Amthor Croley, Jason M. Hirshburg, Richard F. Wagner

Dermatology

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Abstract

Common challenges associated with split-thickness skin graft (STSG) donor site wounds include slow healing times and poor scar cosmesis. The technique described here improves these shortcomings by utilizing a Weck knife with adjustable thickness controls to harvest STSGs from the scalp.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	369-370
Number of pages	2
Journal	Cutis
Volume	103
Issue number	6
State	Published - 2019

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Dermatology

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Clinical pearl: Advantages of the scalp as a split-thickness skin graft donor site

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