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Due to major advances in local wound care, superficial or small-sized wounds can be managed by secondary healing. However, more complex defects necessitate other treatment options because secondary healing will not provide an adequate and stable scar. Some of these more complex defects consist frequently in bone, tendinous or articular exposure, and delaying their coverage can be disastrous.The deep structures will be longer exposed to bacterial contamination, inducing infection and necrosis. In these cases, therefore, wound coverage has to be achieved by other techniques.
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Heymans, O., Verhelle, N. (2004). Local and Regional Flaps. In: Téot, L., Banwell, P.E., Ziegler, U.E. (eds) Surgery in Wounds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59307-9_19
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