[Evaluation of split skin transplantation as a preprosthetic surgical measure]

The author, within the framework of a long-term research program, makes a careful analysis of the late results of plastic operations to the vestibulum oris, which were performed on 109 patients and where the wound surfaces were covered by free split-skin transplantation; in this, he uses both objectifiable methods of examination and biostatistical test methods. Patients are classified according to preoperative conditions. The method of operation may be assessed from a purely functional point of view.