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From: Hyperpigmentation after surgery for a deep dermal burn of the dorsum of the hand: partial-thickness debridement followed by medium split-thickness skin grafting vs full-thickness debridement followed by thick split-thickness skin grafting

Fig. 1

A schematic of the comparison made in this study. The left column shows a diagram of partial-thickness debridement (PTD), representative of the group in which tangential excision was performed to preserve the dermis of the hand as much as possible. After the tangential excision, a medium split-thickness skin graft (STSG) was applied to compensate for the loss of the dermis. The right column shows a diagram of full-thickness debridement (FTD), representative of the FTD group in which that procedure was performed. After the debridement, a thick STSG was applied to reconstruct the dermis of the hand

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Burns & Trauma

ISSN: 2321-3876

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