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An inexpensive method of intraoperative skin stretching for closure of large cutaneous wounds
D L Abramson1, L A Gibstein, J J Pribaz
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
A simple and inexpensive method for closure of large wounds is presented. A rib approximator and two spinal needles, which are readily available in most operating rooms, have been utilized to close large cutaneous wounds of the chest and thigh after flap harvest.