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Figure 2. Box and whisker plot demonstrating medianage and interquartile range for each TBSA series. TBSA: Total body surface area.
Initially, the Meek technique was reserved for burns ≥ 70% TBSA. However, our experience with Meek now
leads us to regularly consider it as a first choice for any burns ≥ 40% TBSA, which is increasingly supported
in the literature [6,32] . In our patients, a combination of 1:3 and 1:4 expansion rates allows us to cover the burn
using a single cropped donor site in most of our larger cases. The donor site can be as small as 10% TBSA.
This approach has the advantage of avoiding the need to wait for donor sites to be ready for re-cropping,
