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ArticleArchives of plastic surgery2021

Early wound healing of the hard-palate mucosal harvest site using artificial dermis fixation by a transparent plate.

Yushi Suzuki, Ichiro Tanaka, Shigeki Sakai, Tomohiro Yamauchi

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Article in Archives of plastic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yushi SuzukiDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Ichikawa, Japan.
Ichiro TanakaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Ichikawa, Japan.
Shigeki SakaiDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan.
Tomohiro YamauchiDentistry/Oral Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan.
Keio University · JPTokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital · JPTokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital · JP

Funding

Tokyo Dental College
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are currently no guidelines for the postoperative wound management of the hard-palate donor site in cases involving mucosal harvesting. This study describes our experiences with the use of an artificial dermis for early epithelialization and transparent plate fixation in cases involving hard-palate mucosal harvesting.

methodsA transparent palatal plate was custom-fabricated using a thermoplastic resin board. After mucosal harvesting, an alginic acid-containing wound dressing (Sorbsan) was applied to the donor site, which was then covered with the plate. After confirming hemostasis, the dressing was changed to artificial dermis a few days later, and the plate was fixed to the artificial dermis. The size of the mucosal defect ranged from 8×25 to 20×40 mm.

resultsPlate fixation was adequate, with no postoperative slippage or infection of the artificial dermis. There was no pain at the harvest site, but a slight sense of incongruity during eating was reported. Although the fabrication and application of the palatal plate required extra steps before and after harvesting, the combination of the artificial dermis and palatal plate was found to be very useful for protecting the mucosal harvest site, and resulted in decreased pain and earlier epithelialization.

conclusionsThe combination of artificial dermis and a transparent palatal plate for wound management at the hard-palate mucosal donor site resolved some of the limitations of conventional methods.

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