Skin Grafts for Hand and Digital Scar Contractures
摘要
While skin graftingSkin Grafts is a common initial treatment for burns, we here describe its use in secondary reconstruction of scar contractures of the handsHandContractures and fingers. Hypertrophic scars are the result of chronic inflammation at the wound/scar site, which is promoted by stretch stimuli and joint movement. Such stimuli and movements are abundant in the hand/digitDigit area, which is why these sites are particularly prone to hypertrophic scarringScarring and contracture formation after burn injury.