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Primary closure of fasciotomy incisions with a skin-stretching device in patients with burn and trauma.

Abstract
Closure of fasciotomy wounds is often a clinical problem after successful management of compartment syndrome. Commonly, split-thickness skin grafts or regional composite grafts are used for fasciotomy closure. However, functional and cosmetic results would be improved if primary reapproximation of these wounds were more practical. The main obstacle that must be overcome is excessive tension on the wound edges. A recently developed skin-stretching device (Sure-Closure, Life Medical Sciences, Princeton, N.J.) allows large tissue defects to be closed with approximation of the wound edges. In this report we describe two patients in whom closure of the fasciotomy incisions was successfully accomplished with the skin-stretching device. These patients included an 11-month-old girl with a circumferential burn of the left arm, and a 42-year-old woman involved in a motor vehicle accident who sustained frostbite and crush injury to her left upper extremity without bone fractures. The skin-stretching device produced excellent functional and cosmetic wound closure results and eliminated the need for additional operative procedures.
AuthorsD M Caruso, T J King, R B Tsujimura, D E Weiland, W R Schiller
JournalThe Journal of burn care & rehabilitation (J Burn Care Rehabil) 1997 Mar-Apr Vol. 18 Issue 2 Pg. 125-32 ISSN: 0273-8481 [Print] United States
PMID9095421 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Arm Injuries (surgery)
  • Burns (surgery)
  • Compartment Syndromes (surgery)
  • Dermatologic Surgical Procedures
  • Fasciotomy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Skin (pathology)
  • Tissue Expansion (instrumentation)
  • Wound Healing

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