Total Avulsion of the Scalp

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Abstract
MANY cases of total avulsion of the scalp have been reported in the medical literature, and the treatment has been extremely varied. Formerly, these large wounds were allowed to granulate and gradually to epithelialize spontaneously from the edges. The wounds became severely infected, and the healing period was greatly protracted. Many of the patients treated in this fashion became debilitated from chronic sepsis; some suffered osteomyelitis of the calvarium, and others intracranial complications by extension of the infection through diploetic channels. The end result in those who survived was poor, the thin scar epithelium constantly breaking down, and the contracting . . .

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