Denise Michaelson had a scar revision of her knee performed along with her bilateral mastectomy with saline implants and ear piercing procedures.The knee scar,before revision,was an 8-cm linear,thin scar that extended obliquely across the anterior portion of her knee.The tension of the scar tissue met resistance when she would bend her knee.The surgeon opted to remove the scar with a procedure to break up the linear scar and rearrange the tissue direction to form a natural line.The proper name of this tissue transfer scar revision is the:

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Z-plasty is the most widely used method of scar revision.It breaks up linear scars,rearranging them so that the central limb of the Z lies in the same direction as a natural skin line.Scar revision involves the rearranging or reshaping of an existing scar so that the scar is less noticeable.The simplest form of scar revision is excision of an existing scar and simple resuturing of the wound.

Denise Michaelson Had a Scar Revision of Her Knee Performed