Sheet of scar causes trapdoor deformity: a hypothesis.

Hosokawa, K; Susuki, T; Kikui, T; Masada, Y; Hashimoto, H · Ann Plast Surg · 1990

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Abstract

The trapdoor deformity has been thought to be the result of contraction of the semicircular scar of the skin surface. The hypothesis is presented that a sheet of internal scar is primarily responsible for raising the skin inside the semicircle.

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