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Published on: January 2, 2017
The Reverdin Graft: The Forgotten Skin Transplant
Wouter Brekelmans1, Michiel Leijnen, Boudewijn L S Borger van de Burg
1At the Alrijne Wound Center, Division of Surgery, Leiderdorp, the Netherlands, Wouter Brekelmans, MD, is Head; Michiel Leijnen, MD, MSc, is Trauma Surgeon; Boudewijn L. S. Borger van de Burg, MD, is Vascular Surgeon; and Rigo Hoencamp, MD, PhD, is Trauma and Vascular Surgeon. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted September 15, 2020; accepted in revised form November 5, 2020.
Abstract:
This article describes a series of four patients for whom a Reverdin graft was performed. The Reverdin graft, also known as a pinch graft, is a method to promote epithelialization for superficial wounds. The intervention is minimally invasive with a short learning curve. The procedure and its advantages and disadvantages are discussed in this case series. This pinch graft is a widely accepted, minimally invasive intervention to accelerate the epithelialization of wounds.
