Long-Term Followup of Dermal Substitution with Acellular Dermal Implant in Burns and Postburn Scar Corrections

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Patient no. 3, 8-years-old male suffered 4 months earlier from full-thickness burn on 20% body surface area and had conservative treatment (at another institution). (a) Upon admission: spontaneous rupture of scar that was causing severe axillary contracture. (b) Intraoperative photograph after removal of scar tissue. Full axillary function following sandwich grafting with Alloderm and thin autologous skin at (c) 3 months and (d) 7 years postoperatively. (e) No visible trace of previous harvesting of autograft skin can be seen at the donor site on right thigh (picture taken at 7 years post-op.).