Usefulness of Micro-Punch Skin Grafting for Treatment of Resistant Vitiligo | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | ||
| Article 3, Volume 46, Issue 1, January 2022, Pages 9-14 PDF (11.87 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejprs.2022.220420 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aya Samy* 1; Ahmed El-Sabbagh2; Adel Mohamed3; Mostafa M. Abdel-Halim4 | ||
| 1Plastic surgery department, Mansoura university, Mansoura, Egypt | ||
| 2The Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University | ||
| 3The Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University | ||
| 4The Department of Plastic Surgery , Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Introduction: Vitiligo is a depigmented common skin disorder. The disease may lead to social and psychological distress to the patient. Therefore, a good treatment can improve the patient's life quality. Punch grafting is a simple and commonly used method of treating vitiligo. However, it is time consuming with the risk of post-operative cobble stoning appearance. We used motorized 0.8-1.3 micro-punch grafting procedure to overcome these limitations. Aim: To evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of using micro-punch grafting to treat vitiligo and adverse events associated with this method. Patients and Methods: This is a prospective study for 20 patients with vitiligo. They underwent motorized 0.8-1.3 micro-punch grafting from 2019 to June 2020. Results: Thirty percent of the patients showed excellent re-pigmentation ³75%. Forty percent of the patients showed moderate re-pigmentation. Twenty percent of the cases showed mild re-pigmentation and only 10% showed no improvement. Conclusion: Micro-punch grafting is an effective way to treat vitiligo; it is also considered a suitable option with tolerable adverse events. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Vitiligo; Resistant cases; Micro-punch grafting | ||
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