
Reconstruction of large alopecia with old technique: V‐Y‐S plasty
Author(s) -
Sahin Baris
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/iwj.12259
Subject(s) - medicine , tissue expansion , scalp , tissue expander , surgery , breast reconstruction , cancer , breast cancer
Treatment of alopecia following burns, trauma or tumour surgery is challenging. Local flaps for small or medium sized defects and tissue expansion for larger defects is the common approach. Tissue expansion is a two‐stage procedure and the inflation process causes difficulty for patients. V‐Y‐S plasty is safe and one‐stage method of tissue reconstruction for scalp, face and other parts of the body. We performed this method safely for very large alopecia reconstructions in the scalp.