Initial Assessment, Debridement, and Decision Making in the Salvage of Severely Injured Lower Extremity
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S Raja Sabapathy1, Hari Venkatramani1, Monusha Mohan1
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract:
An open fracture with extensive skin and soft tissue loss is considered as a severely injured lower extremity. Advances in rapid transport, resuscitation, skeletal fixation, and microsurgical techniques to cover large soft tissue and bone defects have made possible the salvage of these severely injured limbs. Salvage exercise is skill and resource intensive and could take a long time frame. The goal of management is to obtain painless independent weight bearing walking in a time frame and cost that the patient can afford. Decisions taken and the quality of care provided on day 1 determine the ultimate success. Inappropriate decisions and treatment lead to increased morbidity and secondary amputation. Infection is the commonest complication. Limb salvage scores are helpful to predict salvage and guide the sequence of treatment. Once the decision is taken for salvage, debridement, early skeletal fixation, and soft tissue cover are the key to success.
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