Printing tattoo effect after use of Dermabond®Prineo® Skin closure system

  • Shabeer Ahmad Wani Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia
  • Loai Abdullah Alsalmi Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Waleed Alshehri Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/jsd.v2.i2.128
Keywords: printing tattoo, skin closure system, Dermabond

Abstract

Abdominoplasty is a very common procedure in the plastic surgery practice and may lead to a variety of unfavorable results including incision site complications. The surgical adhesives system, which entered into daily practice to replace the need for subcuticular closure for skin, saves time and may have better wound appearance. Dermabond® Prineo® Skin Closure System (Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ, USA) has two major components: 2–Octyl cyanoacrylate glue and a flexible, self-adhesive polyester mesh. It can be used with or without sutures, and has the added benefit of waterproofing, and microbial resistance. It also saves time. This case describes a male patient who experienced a “printing tattoo” effect following an elective procedure of abdominoplasty and the results after this closure system was used.

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Published
2019-01-24
Issue
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019)
Section
Case Reports

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