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RICHARD T. FARRIOR, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1966;83(2):120-134.

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SKIN grafting has become such an integral part of all phases of head and neck surgery that the two subjects cannot be taken separately, either in regard to reconstruction or rehabilitation.

Rehabilitation by skin grafting in this anatomic area in particular requires the use of all plastic surgery principles regarding the application of grafts. This is especially true because of the variation and characteristics of the skin in the individual anatomic areas of the face and neck dramatized, for example, by the contrast between the thin delicate skin of the eyelids and the thick sebaceous skin of the lobule of the nose.

The purpose of this article is to review basic disciplines regarding technique and to acquaint the reader with my reasoning and clinical applications.

The use of skin grafts extends from otologic microsurgery to major replacements for tissue losses from trauma or radical resection.^4,8-10 It has become essential . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
TAMPA, FLA

From Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Fla.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 30, 1965.

Read before the joint meeting of the Triological Society and Section on Laryngology, Otology and Rhinology of the American Medical Association, June 1965, New York.

Reprint requests to 509 Bay St, Tampa, Fla 33606.

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