Özdemir, MÇetinkale, OWolf, RKotogyan, AMat, CTüzün, BTüzün, Y2024-06-122024-06-1220020011-9059https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01391.xhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/25420Background Surgical techniques have recently been introduced for patients with vitiligo. Randomized controlled trials have not been performed. Aim To compare the efficacy and side-effects of two surgical methods (suction blister vs. thin split-thickness graft technique) for the treatment of vitillgo. Methods Three suction blisters, approximately 0.8 cm in diameter, made with a special tool attached to a vacuum extractor, which were converted to erosions by removal of the roofs of the bullae, and one round erosion of approximately the same diameter, made using a silver knife, were created. One roof of a blister and two cutaneous thin split-thickness grafts taken from the gluteal region were transferred onto recipient vitiliginous areas; one was left alone. The results were evaluated by one non-blind and two blind observers bimonthly during the 3-month follow-up period. Results Repigmentation rates were 25-65% in the suction blister technique and 90% in the thin split-thickness graft technique (P < 0.001). Conclusions The thin split-thickness graft technique is superior to the suction blister technique in treating vitiligo.en10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01391.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessStable VitiligoTransplantationRepigmentationMelanocytesLesionsPuvaArticle413135138Q3WOS:00017566830000312010337