Pinch grafting: An alternative skin grafting technique
Pinch grafts are a useful and cost-effective technique as an adjunctive consideration for closure of sub-acute or chronic lower extremity wounds. In our institution, we have used this technique on numerous patients with appropriately prepared wounds amenable to skin grafting. Pertinent factors inclu...
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| description | Pinch grafts are a useful and cost-effective technique as an adjunctive consideration for closure of sub-acute or chronic lower extremity wounds. In our institution, we have used this technique on numerous patients with appropriately prepared wounds amenable to skin grafting. Pertinent factors include patients with adequate arterial flow, absence of infection, metabolic stability of diabetes mellitus, cardiac disease, renal disease and acceptable nutrition. The procedure adds minimal morbidity, allows for primary closure of the donor site, and can be done in an outpatient setting under local anesthesia. This technique is efficient, economical, and useful on a wide variety of wounds with good results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43e585677b324da49e83324920a044312022-12-22T03:13:53ZengElsevierFoot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases2667-39672022-01-0123100214Pinch grafting: An alternative skin grafting techniqueJustin C. Ogbonna0Elizabeth A. Sanders1Anthony Tomich2Geoffrey Habershaw3Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, United StatesAssistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, United States; Corresponding author.Instructor & Nurse Practitioner, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, United StatesPrevious Chief of Division of Podiatry, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, United StatesPinch grafts are a useful and cost-effective technique as an adjunctive consideration for closure of sub-acute or chronic lower extremity wounds. In our institution, we have used this technique on numerous patients with appropriately prepared wounds amenable to skin grafting. Pertinent factors include patients with adequate arterial flow, absence of infection, metabolic stability of diabetes mellitus, cardiac disease, renal disease and acceptable nutrition. The procedure adds minimal morbidity, allows for primary closure of the donor site, and can be done in an outpatient setting under local anesthesia. This technique is efficient, economical, and useful on a wide variety of wounds with good results.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667396722000714Donor siteGraft harvestRecipient siteSkin graftWound healing |
| spellingShingle | Justin C. Ogbonna Elizabeth A. Sanders Anthony Tomich Geoffrey Habershaw Pinch grafting: An alternative skin grafting technique Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases Donor site Graft harvest Recipient site Skin graft Wound healing |
| title | Pinch grafting: An alternative skin grafting technique |
| title_full | Pinch grafting: An alternative skin grafting technique |
| title_fullStr | Pinch grafting: An alternative skin grafting technique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pinch grafting: An alternative skin grafting technique |
| title_short | Pinch grafting: An alternative skin grafting technique |
| title_sort | pinch grafting an alternative skin grafting technique |
| topic | Donor site Graft harvest Recipient site Skin graft Wound healing |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667396722000714 |
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