The Journal of the Korean dental association (대한치과의사협회지)

The Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)
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A CASE REPORT OF TOTAL AVULSED SCALP WITH RIGHT TOTAL EAR

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  • Lee, Yeoul-Hi (Dept. of Maxillo-facial Plastic & Oral Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Pook National University) ;
  • Byun, Gi-Jung (Dept. of Maxillo-facial Plastic & Oral Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Pook National University) ;
  • Kim, Shin-Ho (Dept. of Maxillo-facial Plastic & Oral Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Pook National University)
  • 이열희 (경북대학교 의과대학 악안면성형외과 및 구강외과학교실) ;
  • 변기정 (경북대학교 의과대학 악안면성형외과 및 구강외과학교실) ;
  • 김신호 (경북대학교 의과대학 악안면성형외과 및 구강외과학교실)
  • Published : 1977.02.28
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Abstract

Extensive avulsion of the scalp, or stripping of a large area of soft tissue from the skull, is a serious accidnet. The avulsed scalp is often injured otherwise, such as by crushing, tearing, or from multiple laceration. The surrounding skin may be devitalized. Replacement of the scalp is usually followed by necrosis and sloughing within a short time. In such instances, the outer table of the cranium may become sucessively exposed. dry, dead, and affected by osteomyelitis. Hence the securing of early healing to prevent these is of the utmost importance. The successful case of reimplantation of the completely avulsed scalp, which is exposured to air for about 14 hours, is reported, in which there was partial growth of hair afterwards. The avulsed scalp caused by her long hair being caught in a grain belt was contaminated with hairs & dust. Authors treated this 19-year old female patient by split thickness skin graft, intermediate skin graft, full thickness skin graft from her own avulsed scalp.

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