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Prevention of hyper- and hypotrophic scars through surgical incisions in the direction of the “main folding lines” of the skin

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])

Plastic and Aesthetic Research
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