Avoiding Extended Scar in Skin Expansion: Alagoz Technique


ALAGÖZ M. Ş., Oksuz S., Keskin M., YAŞAR E. K., Eren F., Hasdemir M., ...More

JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, vol.26, no.4, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

The principal aim of skin expansion is to provide additional donor tissue without extra donor-site morbidity. Most of the reports about tissue expansion are focused on the properties of expander. Donor-site decision is usually underestimated. Here, we offer to use the defect area and surrounding healthy tissue as the donor site.