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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 104-106 |
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ARC technique – An innovative method to assess true defect in postburn contracture release
Sujata Sarabahi, KT Ananda Murthy, Praveen Kumar Arumugam, Mula Rohit Babu
Department of Burns, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. K T Ananda Murthy
Department of Burns, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijb.ijb_34_20
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Most commonly, skin grafts are used to resurface the raw areas resulting after the release of postburn contractures but in the extensively burned patient, donor sites may be limited. There is no accurate technique described in literature for the assessment of the true defect preoperatively. We describe a technique to accurately assess the true defect which helps to determine the amount of skin graft required preoperatively.
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