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Extra-oral knotting of tie-over sutures: A novel technique to bolster the split thickness skin graft for a buccal mucosal defect

✍ Scribed by Pankaj Chaturvedi; Prathamesh S. Pai; Anil K. Decruz; Kumar A. Pathak; Devendra A. Chaukar; Mandar S. Deshpande; Shishir Shetty


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
75 KB
Volume
84
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-4790

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✦ Synopsis


The skin graft is pricked at multiple places to prevent underlying hematoma. * The graft is spread over the mucosal defect. * Suitable size bolster is prepared and a single layer of paraffin gauze is wrapped over it. * The bolus is secured with two tie-over nylon suture in such a way that knots lie on the cheek skin.