Tissue Rearrangements: The Power of the Z-Plasty

Gabriel Hundeshagen; Ramón Zapata-Sirvent; Jeremy Goverman; Ludwik K. Branski

doi:10.1016/j.cps.2017.05.011

Tissue Rearrangements: The Power of the Z-Plasty

Gabriel Hundeshagen
, Ramón Zapata-Sirvent
, Jeremy Goverman
, Ludwik K. Branski

Surgery

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Abstract

The z-plasty is a highly versatile standard technique of reconstructive burn surgery. Variations of the classic z-plasty with limbs of equal length at 60° angles can accommodate specific reconstruction needs. Opposing z-plasties can be used when available tissue is limited; series of z-plasties can be linked to elongate tissue over a longer distance with smaller individual incisions, and a z-plasty with varying limb angles and lengths can provide tissue coverage in areas with special distributions of scarred and normal skin.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	805-812
Number of pages	8
Journal	Clinics in Plastic Surgery
Volume	44
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cps.2017.05.011
State	Published - Oct 2017

Keywords

Adjacent tissue rearrangement
Burn scar
Contracture
Z-plasty

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