Open AccessBiaxial serial excision: A technique to deal with benign skin lesions and scars
Author(s) -
Kalpesh Gajiwala
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of plastic surgery/indian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1998-376X
pISSN - 0970-0358
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0358.105965
Subject(s) - scars , medicine , lesion , surgery , surgical excision , skin lesion , dermatology
In the best of hands, the ultimate surgical scar of an otherwise well-performed surgery is unpredictable, and surgical techniques are constantly evolving to prevent or revise large scars. The present series uses the principles of serial excision to reduce the eventual scar length.