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  • Title: Split-thickness skin excision in severe open fractures.
    Author: Ziv I, Zeligowski A, Mosheiff R, Lowe J, Wexler MR, Segal D.
    Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Br; 1988 Jan; 70(1):23-6. PubMed ID: 3339053.
    Abstract:
    Split-thickness skin excision can be used as a one-stage procedure for the accurate diagnosis of flap viability and the immediate treatment of friction-avulsion injuries in severe open fractures. After cleaning the wound, the avulsed flap is temporarily sutured back to its original bed and a split thickness graft is taken from it and meshed to a 1:3 ratio. Surface dermal capillary bleeding then serves as an indicator of viability, clearly displaying a line for the excision of devascularized skin and correlating well with a concomitant fluorescein test. The wounds are re-opened and, after fixation of the fracture, the viable part of the flap is returned to its original bed and the remaining defects are covered with the meshed graft. We have treated 16 patients with extensive degloving injuries in this way, 15 needing only the single surgical procedure. All retained flaps survived, no other donor sites were needed and the split-thickness grafts took with 90% to 100% success.
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