Safety and efficacy of hairy scalp donors in thick split-thickness skin grafting: Healing and complications at donor sites.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to investigate how the thickness of removed skin grafts affects the healing time at the donor site, with a focus on the depth of the donor wound and the normal thickness of the scalp.

Methods

We examined the outcomes of the donor sites of thick split-thickness skin grafts using hairy scalp skin in 102 Korean patients. We measured the thickness of the scalp donor skin using preoperative ultrasonography, histometric thickness of normal scalp skin in 61 patients, and histometric thickness of the thickest part of the grafted skin after surgery.

Results

The mean normal ultrasound thickness of the scalp donors was 1.711 mm, with a mean histometric normal scalp thickness of 1.926 mm (61 cases), mean dermatome depth set of 0.569 mm (22/1000 inches, 22 mils

SUBMITTER: Lee SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11782865 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature