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A Rapid Way of Fixing Split Skin Grafts Using Cyanoacrylate Resin (Glue Technique)

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The split skin grafts are secured conventionally by sutures or staples, painstakingly to the recipient site. Instead, a method of securing the same more easily consuming less time and effort with good cosmetic appearance by using cyanoacrylate resin (glue) has been described here with added advantage of obviating the need for post-op suture or staple removal.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, C.S.I. Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Sawday Road, Mysore, 570001, India

    Chandrashekhar S. R.

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S. R., C. A Rapid Way of Fixing Split Skin Grafts Using Cyanoacrylate Resin (Glue Technique). Indian J Surg 80, 631–633 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-018-1806-4

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