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J Reconstr Microsurg 1986; 2(3): 171-173
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007019
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© 1986 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Successful Replantation of a Totally Avulsed Scalp

Batia Yaffe, Avihu Shvoron
  • Hand Surgery Unit and Department of Plastic Surgery, Sackler School of Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
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Accepted for publication 1985

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08 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

A case of successful replantation of a totally avulsed scalp in a 19-year-old woman is presented. Although severely traumatized, about 90 percent of the surface of the replanted scalp survived. Only one artery (left superficial temporal) and four veins were anastomosed, sufficient enough to revascularize the entire scalp.