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Treatment of Constriction Bands of Limbs by Fat Injection: An Additional Modality
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Background:
Constriction bands in the majority of cases presents as a contour deformity. The gold standard of treatment is a single-stage constriction ring excision and serial Z-plasty. The expense is unsightly scarring. We present case reports of deformity correction by serial fat injections.
Methods And Participants:
Three case studies of children in whom this modality was used in limbs to correct the deformity are presented.
Results:
Two participants showed a good correction of the deformity and in a single-case treatment failed requiring excision and serial Z-plasty for correction.
Conclusion:
Fat injection in combination with Khouri's technique of aponeurotomies is an attractive modality of managing superficial constriction bands of limbs.