Kumar, Naveen and Nayak, Satheesha B and Prasad, Keerthana and Kudva, Ranjini (2014) Surgical implications of asymmetric distribution of dermal collagen and elastic fibres in two orientations of skin samples from extremities. Plastic Surgery International, 2014. pp. 1-7.

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Abstract

Background.Clinically, scar related complications are observed to be dissimilar in different regions of the body.Unequal distribution of dermal collagen and elastic fibres in different orientations could be one of the multifocal causes of scar related complications, for which this evaluating study has been taken up. Materials and Method. 300 skin samples collected in horizontal and vertical orientations were studied histomorphometrically.This study involved image analysis of specially stained histological section using tissue-quant software. The outcome result was termed as quantitative fraction. From the result, various ratio values were also calculated for the ratio analysis. Results. The differences in the quantitative fraction of dermal elastic content between 2 directions were statistically significant at joint areas (shoulder joint, wrist, and ankle) (

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