Synonym(s)
Z-plasty
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Limberg, 1929
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Exchange of triangular skin lobes against each other to extend the central excision axis or to change the direction of an unfavourable scar course.
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- Incisions are made on both sides of the long wound axis at an angle of 30-60°, with the lateral legs being the same length as the middle axial incision. The triangular skin areas are undermined and sutured in place. At 60° angles the extension is 75%, at 30° angles 25%. The longer the middle leg of the Z incision is, the longer the lateral incisions must be. If there is not enough skin available, Z-plasty can also be performed serially in isolation or continuously.
- Indications: unfavourable scar progression, e.g. against the skin relaxation lines or the direction of wrinkles, scar strands or bulges, scar contractures.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Holle J (1994) Plastic surgery. Hippocrates, Stuttgart
- Kaufmann R, Podda M, Landes E (2005) Dermatological operations. Colour atlas and textbook on skin surgery. Thieme, Stuttgart New York
- Limberg AA (1929) Skinplastic with shifting triangular flaps. Leningrad Trauma Inst 8: 62
- McGregor IA (1957) The theoretical basis of the Z-plasty. Brit J Plast Surg 9: 256
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer
