Degloving lower leg injury – the importance of additional treatment: negative pressure and hyperbaric oxygen therapy

• Authors: Piotr Stabryła , Joanna Kulińska , Łukasz Warchoł , Anna Kasielska-Trojan , Wojciech Gaszyński , Bogusław Antoszewski

Abstracts

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Degloving injury poses a severe therapeutic challenge concerning both trauma and plastic surgery. The injury involves separation of skin and subcutaneous tissue from fascia and muscles. Treatment is often long-lasting and brings unsatisfying results due to the extent of damage, risk of infection and massive blood loss. In this article, we present the management and therapeutic outcomes of a patient admitted due to the degloving injury of the lower extremity caused by workplace accident. We described the complexity of treatment including surgical intervention as well as additional treatment, which combined brought good esthetic outcome.

Keywords

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degloving injury; skin graft; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; negative pressure therapy

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 90(2)
• Pages: 5-9

Dates

published

2018-04-11

Contributors

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Piotr Stabryła

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Joanna Kulińska

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Łukasz Warchoł

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Anna Kasielska-Trojan

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Wojciech Gaszyński

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Bogusław Antoszewski

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0011.7453