Full-Thickness Skin Graft according to Surrounding Relaxed Skin Tension Line Improves Scar Quality in Facial Defect Coverage: A Retrospective Comparative Study

• Published in: BioMed research international Vol. 2021; pp. 7398090 - 9
• Main Authors: Shin, Jeonghwan, Jang, Uk, Baek, Sang Oon, Lee, Jun Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Hindawi 2021; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Animation; Cancer; Care and treatment; Cicatrices; Cicatrix - pathology; Comparative studies; Defects; Face; Face - pathology; Face - surgery; Female; Humans; Male; Observer Variation; Patient outcomes; Patients; Physiological aspects; Plastic surgery; Quality control; Retrospective Studies; Scars; Skin & tissue grafts; Skin - pathology; Skin cancer; Skin grafts; Skin Transplantation; Skin-grafting; Soft tissues; Surgical techniques; Thickness; Tissues; South Korea

A full-thickness skin graft (FTSG) is useful for covering small skin and soft tissue defects. In this paper, we suggest FTSG in consideration of the relaxed skin tension line (RSTL) concept for scar quality improvement since FTSG has disadvantages, including contour irregularities and mismatches of...