An 18-year-old man suffered deep dermal burns on his chest, back, and left arm after an explosion and underwent mesh-skin grafting of the affected areas over several operations. The patient came to us with a postburn joint contracture of the left elbow.
How do you harvest donor skin for a full-thickness skin graft?
What is M-plasty typically used for?
What is the technique for M-plasty for full-thickness skin graft donor site?
When compared with an ordinary fusiform skin harvest, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using M-plasty for the donor site?