Hao Guo1,2, Junjun Tang3, Jun Zhang2, Zheng Bi1, Shuangcheng Li1,4, Xingxing Hu4, Hua Chen4, Peifu Tang4. 1. Graduate School of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, P. R. China. 2. The Second Surgical Department, Beijing Municipal Corps Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Beijing, 100027, P. R. China. 3. . 4. Senior Department of Orthopedics, the Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, P. R. China.
Abstract
Objective: To observe the effectiveness of disposable skin stretch closure in the treatment of wounds with skin and soft tissue defects that were difficult to close. Methods: The clinical data of 13 patients with skin and soft tissue defects that were difficult to close treated with disposable skin stretch closure and met the selection criteria between July 2021 and February 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. There were 9 males and 4 females, the age ranged from 15 to 71 years with a mean of 39.8 years. The causes of injury included falling injury in 5 patients, traffic accident injury in 5 patients, and falling from height injury in 3 patients. The causes of skin soft tissue defects included open fractures in 4 patients, wound infection in 4 patients, osteomyelitis in 3 patients, degloving injury in 1 patient, and necrosis of skin graft in 1 patient. The injury was located at calf in 8 patients, calcaneus in 3 patients, pelvis in 1 patient, and plantar in 1 patient. The skin and soft tissue defects ranged from 5.0 cm×2.0 cm to 10.5 cm×6.5 cm. Wound conditions (wound closure and wound healing) and the presence or absence of complications were recorded. Results: All 13 patients were followed up 32-225 days with a median of 164 days. The wound closure time ranged from 5 to 14 days, with a mean of 8.8 days. The wound closure speed ranged from 0.7 to 13.7 cm 2/day, with a mean of 3.6 cm 2/day. All wounds healed at grade A, and no complication such as skin edge injury, wound necrosis, infection, dehiscence, and edema occurred. No patient complained of pain or discomfort, and no obvious scarring was found during follow-up. The wound healing time ranged from 17 to 28 days, with a mean of 21.7 days. One of them was transferred to other department due to lung cancer condition changes after using disposable skin stretch closure, and the wound had directly healed without suturing at 17 days after operation. Conclusion: The effectiveness of disposable skin stretch closure in the treatment of wounds with skin and soft tissue defects that were difficult to close was exact, with short wound closure time, few complications, and easy operation.
Objective: To observe the effectiveness of disposable skin stretch closure in the treatment of wounds with skin and soft tissue defects that were difficult to close. Methods: The clinical data of 13 patients with skin and soft tissue defects that were difficult to close treated with disposable skin stretch closure and met the selection criteria between July 2021 and February 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. There were 9 males and 4 females, the age ranged from 15 to 71 years with a mean of 39.8 years. The causes of injury included falling injury in 5 patients, traffic accident injury in 5 patients, and falling from height injury in 3 patients. The causes of skin soft tissue defects included open fractures in 4 patients, wound infection in 4 patients, osteomyelitis in 3 patients, degloving injury in 1 patient, and necrosis of skin graft in 1 patient. The injury was located at calf in 8 patients, calcaneus in 3 patients, pelvis in 1 patient, and plantar in 1 patient. The skin and soft tissue defects ranged from 5.0 cm×2.0 cm to 10.5 cm×6.5 cm. Wound conditions (wound closure and wound healing) and the presence or absence of complications were recorded. Results: All 13 patients were followed up 32-225 days with a median of 164 days. The wound closure time ranged from 5 to 14 days, with a mean of 8.8 days. The wound closure speed ranged from 0.7 to 13.7 cm 2/day, with a mean of 3.6 cm 2/day. All wounds healed at grade A, and no complication such as skin edge injury, wound necrosis, infection, dehiscence, and edema occurred. No patient complained of pain or discomfort, and no obvious scarring was found during follow-up. The wound healing time ranged from 17 to 28 days, with a mean of 21.7 days. One of them was transferred to other department due to lung cancer condition changes after using disposable skin stretch closure, and the wound had directly healed without suturing at 17 days after operation. Conclusion: The effectiveness of disposable skin stretch closure in the treatment of wounds with skin and soft tissue defects that were difficult to close was exact, with short wound closure time, few complications, and easy operation.
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Disposable skin stretch closure; difficult to close wounds; skin and soft tissue defect; skin stretch
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