Skin grafts: a rural general surgical perspective.

Background: Skin grafts are a common method of closing skin defects. The literature comparing methods of graft application and subsequent outcomes is poor, but reports indicate a graft failure rate between 2 and 30%. The aim of this study was to audit our current skin graft practice.

The relation of thoracic and lumbar fracture configuration to the development of late deformity in childhood spinal cord injury.

Study Design: A retrospective clinical observational study was conducted.

Objective: To assess the relation of spinal fracture type and its magnitude of distortion to subsequent long-term development of late spinal deformity in childhood onset spinal cord injury.

Summary Of Background Data: In this study, 76 adults who sustained spinal cord injury during childhood were examined clinically and radiographically alongside a retrospective review of case notes and radiographs.