Reconstructive ladder
The reconstructive ladder is a term coined by reconstructive plastic surgeons to describe levels of increasingly complex management of wounds.[1] The surgeon should start on the lowest rung and move up until a suitable technique is arrived at.
The ladder
There are several small variations in the reconstructive ladder[2][3] in the scientific literature, but the principles remains the same:
Rung 1: Healing by secondary intention
Rung 2: Primary closure
Rung 3: Delayed primary closure
Rung 4: Split thickness graft
Rung 5: Full thickness skin graft
Rung 6: Tissue expansion
Rung 7: Random flap
Rung 8: Axial flap
Rung 9: Free flap
References
See also
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