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Early Reconstructions of Complex Lower Extremity Battlefield Soft Tissue Wounds

BACKGROUND: Severe lower extremity trauma as a devastating combat related injury is on the rise and this presents reconstructive surgeons with significant challenges to reach optimal cosmetic and functional outcomes. This study assessed early reconstructions of complex lower extremity battlefield so...

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Autores principales: Ebrahimi, Ali, Nejadsarvari, Nasrin, Ebrahimi, Azin, Rasouli, Hamid Reza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Society for Plastic Surgeons 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5714979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29218283
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author Ebrahimi, Ali
Nejadsarvari, Nasrin
Ebrahimi, Azin
Rasouli, Hamid Reza
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description BACKGROUND: Severe lower extremity trauma as a devastating combat related injury is on the rise and this presents reconstructive surgeons with significant challenges to reach optimal cosmetic and functional outcomes. This study assessed early reconstructions of complex lower extremity battlefield soft tissue wounds. METHODS: This was a prospective case series study of battled field injured patients which was done in the Department of Plastic Surgery, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences hospitals, Tehran, Iran between 2013-2015. In this survey, 73 patients were operated for reconstruction of lower extremity soft tissue defects due to battlefield injuries RESULTS: Seventy-three patients (65 men, 8 womens) ranging from 21-48 years old (mean: 35 years) were enrolled. Our study showed that early debridement and bone stabilization and later coverage of complex battlefields soft tissue wounds with suitable flaps and grafts of lower extremity were effective method for difficult wounds managements with less amputation and infections. CONCLUSION: Serial debridement and bone stabilization before early soft tissue reconstruction according to reconstructive ladder were shown to be essential steps.
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spelling pubmed-57149792017-12-07 Early Reconstructions of Complex Lower Extremity Battlefield Soft Tissue Wounds Ebrahimi, Ali Nejadsarvari, Nasrin Ebrahimi, Azin Rasouli, Hamid Reza World J Plast Surg Original Article BACKGROUND: Severe lower extremity trauma as a devastating combat related injury is on the rise and this presents reconstructive surgeons with significant challenges to reach optimal cosmetic and functional outcomes. This study assessed early reconstructions of complex lower extremity battlefield soft tissue wounds. METHODS: This was a prospective case series study of battled field injured patients which was done in the Department of Plastic Surgery, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences hospitals, Tehran, Iran between 2013-2015. In this survey, 73 patients were operated for reconstruction of lower extremity soft tissue defects due to battlefield injuries RESULTS: Seventy-three patients (65 men, 8 womens) ranging from 21-48 years old (mean: 35 years) were enrolled. Our study showed that early debridement and bone stabilization and later coverage of complex battlefields soft tissue wounds with suitable flaps and grafts of lower extremity were effective method for difficult wounds managements with less amputation and infections. CONCLUSION: Serial debridement and bone stabilization before early soft tissue reconstruction according to reconstructive ladder were shown to be essential steps. Iranian Society for Plastic Surgeons 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5714979/ /pubmed/29218283 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Early Reconstructions of Complex Lower Extremity Battlefield Soft Tissue Wounds
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title_short Early Reconstructions of Complex Lower Extremity Battlefield Soft Tissue Wounds
title_sort early reconstructions of complex lower extremity battlefield soft tissue wounds
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5714979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29218283
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