CASE: A 50-year-old female experienced a crush injury to the foot resulting in open degloving of her heel pad. This study details a surgical strategy to achieve healing and limb salvage. CONCLUSION: Heel pad injuries with degloving are difficult to salvage and have a poor prognosis. Amputation is often the only therapeutic option, unless part of the blood supply to the heel pad is intact, rendering limb salvage a possibility.
CASE: A 50-year-old female experienced a crush injury to the foot resulting in open degloving of her heel pad. This study details a surgical strategy to achieve healing and limb salvage. CONCLUSION: Heel pad injuries with degloving are difficult to salvage and have a poor prognosis. Amputation is often the only therapeutic option, unless part of the blood supply to the heel pad is intact, rendering limb salvage a possibility.
Authors: Jeffrey E Johnson; Jonas R Rudzki; Erick Janisse; Dennis J Janisse; Ray R Valdez; Douglas P Hanel; John S Gould Journal: Foot Ankle Int Date: 2005-03 Impact factor: 2.827