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Y-plasty

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Y-plasty
[wī′plas′tē]
a method of surgical revision of a scar, using a Y-shaped incision to reduce scar contractures. See also Z-plasty.

Y-plasty,
n a method of surgical revision of a scar, using a Y-shaped incision to reduce scar contractures. See also Z-plasty.

Y-plasty
a technique for suturing V-shaped wounds in which part of the flap may be lost or destroyed, when the opposite end is extended and the flap is closed as the top of a Y. Also used for suturing circular wounds.


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