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Published on: August 8, 2020
Reconstructing Severe Lower Extremity Skin Necrosis in a Pediatric Patient
Shayan M Sarrami1, Andrew M Ferry, Edward P Buchanan
1At the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas, Shayan M. Sarrami, BS, is Research Fellow, Division of Plastic Surgery; Andrew M. Ferry, BS, is Research Fellow, Division of Plastic Surgery; Edward P. Buchanan, MD, FACS, FAAP, is Associate Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery; Frank T. Gerow, MD, FAAP, is Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopedic Surgery; and John C. Koshy, MD, is Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted August 10, 2020; accepted in revised form October 2, 2020.
Abstract:
Purpura fulminans can result in significant full-thickness wounds, posing a challenge in the pediatric population, given the paucity of donor sites for reconstruction. The authors present the case of an 11-month-old patient for whom a split-thickness skin allograft (TheraSkin) was successfully implemented as a temporizing measure for a large leg wound.
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