ABSTRACT
The purpose of this communication is to again call attention to a maneuver which for many years has been most useful to us when dealing with contracted scars . . . The operative procedure of the Z-plastic is simpler than other methods for relaxing scar contractures; tissues are successfully utilized which would otherwise be discarded; . . . contractions can be permanently relieved by this method which would be difficult or impractical to correct by skin grafting.1
