Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 191-193, March 2010

Precise Intraoperative 60° Skin Z-plasty

  • Samantha E. Bark, DPM

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Inova Fairfax Hospital Podiatric Surgical Residency Program, Falls Church, Virginia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Samantha E. Bark, DPM, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Podiatric Surgical Residency Office, T6W, 3300 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA 22042.
    • ,
  • L. Marie Keplinger, DPM

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Inova Fairfax Hospital Podiatric Surgical Residency Program, Falls Church, Virginia
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Meyr, DPM

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Podiatric Surgery, Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

published online 01 February 2010.

Abstract 

The primary objective of this tip is to assist foot and ankle surgeons in performing a precise 60° lengthening Z-plasty in the operating room without the use of a template or protractor. A ruler and basic trigonometric principles are applied to the line of contracture to obtain consistent and reliable results.

Keywords: contracture, rotational skin flap, Z-plasty

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 Financial Disclosure: None reported.

 Conflict of Interest: None reported.

PII: S1067-2516(09)00351-2

doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2009.08.008

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 191-193, March 2010

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