Retention Sutures and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Delayed Primary Closure of Fasciotomy Wounds.

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Citation: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open. 9(4):e3530, 2021 Apr.PMID: 33854866Institution: MedStar Washington Hospital CenterDepartment: Plastic Surgery ResidencyForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Case ReportsSubject headings: IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXEDYear: 2021ISSN:
  • 2169-7574
Name of journal: Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global openAbstract: Achieving primary closure of lower extremity fasciotomy wounds is difficult. Surgeons are faced with the option of waiting potentially long periods of time for edema to reside, in order to attempt delayed primary closure (DPC) versus closing at an earlier time with a split thickness skin graft. DPC offers superior aesthetic outcomes than split thickness skin grafts but traditionally cannot occur until later in the clinical course once excessive edema has subsided. We present a case of a young athlete with compartment syndrome, which was managed with an alternative technique for achieving DPC: serial partial closure under tension with retention sutures and negative pressure wound therapy. The successful outcome in this single case should prompt further studies investigating the objective benefits of this novel method to achieve DPC following fasciotomy. Copyright (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons.All authors: Chang BL, Dekker PK, Evans KK, Fleury CMFiscal year: FY2021Digital Object Identifier: Date added to catalog: 2021-06-07
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Achieving primary closure of lower extremity fasciotomy wounds is difficult. Surgeons are faced with the option of waiting potentially long periods of time for edema to reside, in order to attempt delayed primary closure (DPC) versus closing at an earlier time with a split thickness skin graft. DPC offers superior aesthetic outcomes than split thickness skin grafts but traditionally cannot occur until later in the clinical course once excessive edema has subsided. We present a case of a young athlete with compartment syndrome, which was managed with an alternative technique for achieving DPC: serial partial closure under tension with retention sutures and negative pressure wound therapy. The successful outcome in this single case should prompt further studies investigating the objective benefits of this novel method to achieve DPC following fasciotomy. Copyright (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

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