For the surgery of axillary osmidrosis, it is very important to apply secure dressing
that can prevent typical complications such as subcutaneous hematoma, subsequent wound
dehiscence, and skin necrosis of the flap. Tie-over dressing is frequently applied
to avoid such postoperative complications,
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however, this requires sutures to the surrounding skin of axillary dissection. These
sutures cause suture marks in this area and sometimes become noticeable. To solve
this problem, we have developed a new tie-over technique, named “sea anemone-shaped
fixation (SASF),” which requires no thread suture to the skin and obtains cosmetic
improvement for the patients with axillary osmidrosis.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: February 27, 2012
Received:
January 18,
2012
Footnotes
☆Presented at the 20th Sino-Japan Joint Congress on Plastic Surgery, Shanghai, China, 2010.
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© 2012 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
