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Impairment of skin graft take after CO2 laser surgery in melanoma patients

✍ Scribed by F. J. Lejeune; G. Van Hoof; A. Gerard

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Weight: 209 KB
Volume: 67
Category: Article
ISSN: 0007-1323
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800670506

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Abstract

Twenty-four patients presenting with primary malignant melanoma of the skin (stage 1) were submitted to wide excision of the tumour, followed by immediate split-skin grafting. In 12 patients a CO2 laser was used to excise the melanoma and only 1 of these patients had a 100 per cent skin graft take, while 9 out of 12 patients whose melanoma was excised with a conventional scalpel had a 100 per cent take. It is concluded that skin excision with the CO2 laser impairs subsequent skin graft take.

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