| W-plasty | Surgery to prevent the contracture of a straight-line scar; the edges of the wound are trimmed in the shape of a W, or a series of W's, and closed in a zig-zag manner. Synonym: W procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| W-plasty |
a technique in plastic surgery used mainly in the repair of straight scars that require the redistribution of tension. It consists of excising a series of consecutive small triangular areas of tissue on each side of the wound or scar and imbricating the resultant triangular flaps. Click here to view image■W-plasty. (A), lines of excision; (B), removal of triangular end flaps and apposition of segments; (C), after suturing.
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