Hannover, Germany; Cape Town, South Africa; and Los Angeles, Calif.
From the Klinik für Plastische, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California.
Received for publication November 17, 2006; accepted February 28, 2007.
Disclosures:Dr. Des Fernandes is employed as the senior medical consultant for Environ Skin Care Pty. Ltd. (South Africa), whose products were used by all the patients in this report. He does not own any equity in Environ Skin Care Pty. Ltd. The Roll-Cit products are made by Vivida Closed Corporation. Dr. Des Fernandes is a shareholder in Vivida Closed Corporation and is employed by Vivida as a medical consultant. Dr. Matthias Aust is the medical consultant for Care Concept, distributors for Environ Skin Care Products and Roll-Cit in Germany. Dr. Hilton Kaplan is the medical advisor to DermoGenesis, USA, a U.S. distributor of Environ. Prof. Vogt and Dr. Kolokythas have no sources of funds supporting the work and no financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this article.
Matthias C. Aust, M.D., Klinik für Plastische, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Straβe 1, Hannover 30625, Germany, [email protected]
