김현진,
이무형 대피지 2003년 41권 3호 287
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background
: autologous epidermal grafting has been reported
to successfully used in the treatment of vitiligo
by several authors and is in widespread use at the
present time. But, the incomplete repigmentation
is common and remains stressful to the patients
objective
: the purpose of this study is to evaluate the satisfaction
with the result
materials
and methods : the evaluation was conducted on 42
patients with vitiligo who had been treated by autologous
epidermal grafting using suction blistered epidermis.
We also investigated patient satisfaction by interviewing
with several questions.
Results
& conclusions : the effectiveness of the repigmentation
objectively evaluated by two dermatologists is high
and favorable repigmentation (more than 80 percent)
was shown in 76.2% of all the patients. But. the
subjective satisfaction of patients proved not to
be very good, compared with the objective clinical
improvement and 40.5% of patients were unsatisfied
with the results. We think doctors should
make patents understand the expectable results from
the epidermal grafting for the best patient satisfaction.
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