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Staple closure of the retroauricular donor site
D R Kulwin1, R C Kersten, M P Gingold
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Holmes Hospital, OH 45267.
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Suturing is the usual method employed to close retroauricular skin graft donor sites. We present our 8-year experience with 163 cases demonstrating that such donor sites can be closed with equal efficacy using skin staples. This technique is simple and takes less surgical time.