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Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (대한두개안면성형외과학회)
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Correction of a post-traumatic scar fold in the lateral canthus using modified Z-plasty

  • Kim, Byeong Jun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Seung Jun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2017.08.26
  • Accepted : 2017.12.26
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

Post-traumatic scar deformations are common in many skin injury cases. These are usually aesthetic problems, but if these deformations impair mobility and the patient feels uncomfortable, we must resolve them. In a patient with a lateral post-traumatic scar fold in the lateral canthus that shortened the horizontal orbital fissure and created traction on eye opening, we performed modified classic Z-plasty, resulting in aesthetic and functional improvements without recurrence.

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