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Negative pressure wound therapy for extensive soft tissue defects of the lower extremity in a teenager: A case study
Rainer Stanek1, Eva-Maria Pointner1, Katja Canigiani de Cerchi1
1Clinic Donaustadt Department for Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery Vienna Austria.
Key Clinical Message:
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) aided in the management of complex soft tissue injury in a 14-year-old girl by managing moisture, reducing oedema, and stimulating wound granulation less than 2 months after the accident and prepared the skin for skin grafting, thus successfully saving the limb.
Abstract:
This case study describes the use of a tubular bandage encompassing the whole limb to deliver successful NPWT in the treatment and reconstruction of extensive soft tissue damage extending from the right lower extremity to the hip in a 14-year-old female.

