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ArticleCureus2025

The Use of Esterified Hyaluronic Acid Matrix in the Setting of a Large Marjolin Ulcer Excision and Reconstruction: A Case Report.

Kimiya Taji, Vaibhav Varma, Daniel Walk, Shay B Dean

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Article in Cureus, 2025. 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.

Kimiya TajiSurgery, St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George, GRD.
Vaibhav VarmaGeneral Surgery, HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood/University of Houston, Kingwood, USA.
Daniel WalkPlastic Surgery, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Los Angeles, USA.
Shay B DeanPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dean Plastic Surgery Associates Inc., Los Angeles, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Marjolin ulcers (MUs) are a rare complication of chronically inflamed wounds and scars, with the most common histology being squamous cell carcinoma. MUs have high rates of metastasis and recurrence and a poor prognosis. Due to their aggressive nature, such cutaneous growths require radical excision and subsequent grafting. In large MUs, the use of a multi-stage approach to reconstruction provides better wound healing and graft recipient sites. An additional modality to further the results of the reconstructive approach includes the use of an esterified hyaluronic acid matrix (eHAM) prior to the placement of split-thickness skin grafts. eHAM, frequently used in wounds and deep burns, provides a scaffold for granulation tissue formation thus furthering the strength of graft recipient sites. We present a case of a large MU at the site of a long-standing burn scar that was excised with clear margins and reconstructed with stage skin grafting using eHAM.

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chronic burn scardermal substituteesterified hyaluronic acid matrixhyaluronic acidmarjolin ulcerplastic and reconstructive surgerysplit-thickness skin graft (stsg)squamous cell carcinoma

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PMID39958059
PMCPMC11826102

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