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  • Title: The Art of Local Tissue Rearrangements in Burn Reconstruction: Z-Plasty and More.
    Author: Donelan MB, Buta MR.
    Journal: Clin Plast Surg; 2024 Jul; 51(3):329-347. PubMed ID: 38789143.
    Abstract:
    In recent decades, advances in surgical anatomy, burn pathophysiology, surgical techniques, and laser therapy have led to a paradigm shift in how we approach burn scars and contractures. Scar excision and replacement with uninjured tissue, which predominated burn scar treatment for much of the 20th century, is no longer appropriate in many patients. A scar's intrinsic ability to remodel can be induced by reducing tension on the scar using various techniques for local tissue rearrangement. Often in combination with laser therapy, local flaps can optimally camouflage a burn scar with adjacent normal tissue and restore a patient more closely to their preinjury condition.
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