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  • Title: Clinical application of full-face, whole, full-thickness skin grafting: a case report.
    Author: Zhao JH, Diao JS, Xia WS, Pan Y, Han Y.
    Journal: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg; 2012 Nov; 65(11):1576-9. PubMed ID: 22613691.
    Abstract:
    A considerable portion of burn patients suffers severe full-face burns. Even after they were treated, some severe abnormalities still stay with them such as upper- and lower-eyelid ectropions, upper- and lower-lip ectropions, microstomia and extensive facial scar hyperplasia accompanied with pruritus. Patients suffer a great deal physically, emotionally and socially. Here we conclude our treatment experience of full-face burns with the full-face, whole, full-thickness skin grafting, which has not yet reported in the literature. We transplanted a whole, full-thickness skin graft to cover the wound in the primary operation and then remedied eyelid ectropions and microstomia in the operation that followed. The results of a 4-year-follow-up suggest that the patient has recovered part of facial expression and sensation without any geographic scars. Full-face, whole, full-thickness skin grafting appears to be an effective and relatively simple method for full-face burns that do not respond well to facial composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA).
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