TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of a circumferential lower extremity degloving injury with the use of vacuum-assisted closure
AU - Wong, Lesley K.
AU - Nesbit, Robert D.
AU - Turner, Leslie A.
AU - Sargent, Larry A.
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - A 58-year-old male presented with a large circumferential degloving injury and was immediately taken to the operating room for further assessment of his wound. At that time, a plastic surgeon was consulted to manage the wound due to its size and significant soft tissue loss. The decision was made to manage the patient's wound with the vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device to prepare the wound bed for grafting. After three weeks of VAC therapy, the wound bed was revascularized with granulation tissue and was ready for grafting. The patient underwent a successful split thickness skin graft on hospital Day 23 and was discharged home. Follow-up visits revealed no scar contracture or functional limitations.
AB - A 58-year-old male presented with a large circumferential degloving injury and was immediately taken to the operating room for further assessment of his wound. At that time, a plastic surgeon was consulted to manage the wound due to its size and significant soft tissue loss. The decision was made to manage the patient's wound with the vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device to prepare the wound bed for grafting. After three weeks of VAC therapy, the wound bed was revascularized with granulation tissue and was ready for grafting. The patient underwent a successful split thickness skin graft on hospital Day 23 and was discharged home. Follow-up visits revealed no scar contracture or functional limitations.
KW - Degloving injury
KW - Split thickness skin graft
KW - Vacuum-assisted closure therapy
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U2 - 10.1097/01.smj.0000217111.35160.09
DO - 10.1097/01.smj.0000217111.35160.09
M3 - Article
C2 - 16800422
AN - SCOPUS:33745698004
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 99
SP - 628
EP - 630
JO - Southern Medical Journal
JF - Southern Medical Journal
IS - 6
ER -