Use of a Purse-String Suture to Reduce Skin Graft Requirements

• Published in: Annals of surgical oncology Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 471 - 474
• Main Authors: McCue, Jonathan, Kalliainen, Loree K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.02.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Dehiscence; Dermatologic Surgical Procedures - methods; Graft Survival; Humans; Hypertrophy; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Melanomas; Oncology; Prognosis; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures; Skin & tissue grafts; Skin cancer; Skin Diseases - pathology; Skin Diseases - surgery; Skin Transplantation - methods; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Suture Techniques; Sutures; Wound Healing; Wounds; Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control; Purse-string Suture; Skin Grafting; Wound Size; Mean Wound Area; Partial Graft Loss

Background When a wound cannot be closed in a linear fashion and either a local flap or skin graft is needed, a purse-string suture can be a useful adjunct to wound closure. Local tissue architecture is maintained in cases where clear surgical margins have not been achieved at the time of extirpativ...