Ricerc@Sapienza

Closure of large wounds may require full-thickness skin grafts, but their use is burdened by donor tissue availability and morbidity; the use of the purse string technique is an elegant way to overcome this problem. The study highlights the gain in
terms of graft donor site morbidity and oncological radicality. The study included a
group of 47 patients who underwent surgical excision for skin cancer and whose
wounds were covered using a purse string suture and a skin graft. Radius of the