Moradian S, Klapper AM, et al.
International wound journal. Date of publication 2016 Apr 1;volume 13(2):283-6.
1. Int Wound J. 2016 Apr;13(2):283-6. doi: 10.1111/iwj.12426. Epub 2015 Mar 10.
A novel way to treat skin tears.
Moradian S(1), Klapper AM(2).
Author information:
(1)Department of General Surgery, Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, FL, USA.
(2)Delray Medical Center, Wound Treatment Center, Delray Beach, FL, USA.
Skin tears are one of the most commonly treated wounds in the elderly population.
In their most basic form, they are essentially traumatic random pattern flaps. We
postulate that the injured blood flow to these skin flaps should be ignored and
the tissue should be treated as a skin graft. A case report is presented of an
86-year-old female with an 8 × 3·5 cm skin tear to her right upper extremity
after a hip fracture. In addition to conventional wound closure strips
re-approximating the tissues, a disposable negative pressure wound therapy device
was placed to act as bolster. Upon its removal on day 5, the opposed skin tear
tissue was found to be 100% viable. We therefore propose that this update may be
an improvement over classical skin tear treatments and should be followed up with
a case series.
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DOI: 10.1111/iwj.12426
PMID: 25756343 [Indexed for MEDLINE]
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