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O to I closure: breaking the rules

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We describe our experiences using a circular excision of lesions from the digits to obviate against the effects of wound contracture.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales, SAG GNL, UK

    T. H. McKinnell

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, Holtye Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, England, UK

    T. H. McKinnell & H. J. C. R. Belcher

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McKinnell, T.H., Belcher, H.J.C.R. O to I closure: breaking the rules. Eur J Plast Surg 28, 496–497 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-005-0013-2

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