The “Brownsville Bolster”: A Novel Bolstering Technique for Full Thickness Skin Grafts

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Saba Imani
University of Oklahoma

Carlos Gomez-Meade
Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute

Keywords

Graft Survival, Dermatology / instrumentation, Mohs micrographic surgery, Skin Transplantation, Bolstering Technique

Abstract

Abstract not available.

References

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May 6, 2022
DOI https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.6.3.15

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Imani, S., & Gomez-Meade, C. . (2022). The “Brownsville Bolster”: A Novel Bolstering Technique for Full Thickness Skin Grafts . SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine, 6(3), 257–259. https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.6.3.15
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