No matter how various methods may be tried, for scar repair of extremities, the results were not :so acceptable unfortunately. Of these procedures, Millard´s trick (The Double-Breasted Vest Principle) is the one of most popular methods and which has been loved by many surgeons, esp. plastic surgons, up to date.
However, even this method couldn´t satisfied us, because of undesirable disadventages, and our new repair method, entitled "Modified Millard´s Trick Method" was designed with supplement of disadventages of Millard´s Trick in mind and has been used in attempt to prevent recurrence of the usual spread.
This approach is advocated for scars in area where stretching is usual or where a careful regular repair has failed to prevent it. If there is any depression associated with the scar, this is corrected simultaneously by advancing both skin flaps in opposite direction. ´
We have tried this new method for 10 cases of patients, esp. for relatively wide linear scar (over 5 cm) on extremities.
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