THE COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT AND FORCASTING OF SKIN CONTRACTILITY OF EPI- AND HYPOGASTRIC REGIONS OF FRONT ABDOMINAL WALL

Abstract

Prognosis of good skin contraction is important in choice of surgical procedure for body contouring. The skin covering human body has a provable tension degree hence one has an ability of contraction. The aim of our work was to determine some qualitative and quantitative measures of anticipation the skin contraction rate in human abdomen. We investigated corpses` skin within 24 hours after death. We kept measurements of skin mobility, possible extention, thickness of skin-fat fold, evaluation of skin elasticity by various methods and then analyzed correlation of received data with skin contraction rate. The skin from epigastrium and hypogastrium has been compared. Due to result of our research we`ve found out that skin contraction rate had no linear dependence of any definite measure, but correlated with some principles which should be considered in complex. Among them are pinch-test, skin-fat fold sickness, body region, sex, age.