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![Prevention of hyper- and hypotrophic scars through surgical incisions in the direction of the “main folding lines” of the skin](https://image.oaes.cc/fbcc5024-8818-4996-9f7a-675c2eb3b6d1/3569.fig.18.jpg)
Figure 18. Correct incision in the main folding lines over the shoulder. The typical hypertrophic scar after fixation of a clavicle fracture could have been prevented with a shorter vertical incision in the main folding lines (A and B) (Figure 18B is reproduced with permission from Lemperle et al.[11])