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Vacuum-assisted closure for the treatment of degloving injuries
A J DeFranzo1, M W Marks, L C Argenta
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1075, USA. adefranz@wfubmc.edu
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|January 10, 2001
Abstract:
Degloving injuries of the hand and foot pose difficult reconstructive and rehabilitation challenges. After an excellent experience with split-thickness skin grafting with the vacuum-assisted closure device, we began studies with full-thickness skin grafts and traumatized skin. The device has been used with successful reapplication of full-thickness degloved skin in two patients. The first patient suffered degloving of the foot; the second patient, degloving of the hand.