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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2023; 56(02): 182-184
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761179
Case Report

Cable Ties: Poor Man's Top Closure System

Aditya Narayan Choudhary
1   Plastic Surgery, Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Sanjeev Kumar
1   Plastic Surgery, Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Abstract

Scalp electrical burns unsuitable for primary closure after debridement have traditionally been treated by modalities that cause significant morbidity and are aesthetically inferior to tension-free primary wound closure. Due to advances in research on the biomechanical properties of skin, various devices for skin stretching and safe wound closure have been reported in the literature that are expensive and inaccessible to poor people in the developing countries. We present our experience using cable ties as an effective, easy to use, readily available, and inexpensive top closure system.

Keywords

electric burn - top closure - cable ties


Publication History

Article published online:
10 April 2023

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