New Treatment Strategy for a Delayed Skin Necrosis Related to a Calcaneal Fracture

In calcaneal avulsion fractures, skin necrosis as a result of pressure from the underlying fragment is a fairly common and serious complication. In spite of proper treatment, skin healing complication may occur. We report a calcaneal fracture case complicated by skin necrosis and managed with a nove...

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Autores principales: Xarchas, Konstantinos C., Kyriakopoulos, George, Vlachou, Maria, Manta, Katerina
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Publicado: Bentham Open 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5759099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29399230
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001711011568
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author Xarchas, Konstantinos C.
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description In calcaneal avulsion fractures, skin necrosis as a result of pressure from the underlying fragment is a fairly common and serious complication. In spite of proper treatment, skin healing complication may occur. We report a calcaneal fracture case complicated by skin necrosis and managed with a novel treatment strategy including application of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC). This is the first application of combined PRP and VAC treatment in a calcaneal fracture complicated by skin necrosis and was accompanied with very favorable outcomes while avoiding other more complex treatment modalities.
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spelling pubmed-57590992018-02-02 New Treatment Strategy for a Delayed Skin Necrosis Related to a Calcaneal Fracture Xarchas, Konstantinos C. Kyriakopoulos, George Vlachou, Maria Manta, Katerina Open Orthop J Article In calcaneal avulsion fractures, skin necrosis as a result of pressure from the underlying fragment is a fairly common and serious complication. In spite of proper treatment, skin healing complication may occur. We report a calcaneal fracture case complicated by skin necrosis and managed with a novel treatment strategy including application of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC). This is the first application of combined PRP and VAC treatment in a calcaneal fracture complicated by skin necrosis and was accompanied with very favorable outcomes while avoiding other more complex treatment modalities. Bentham Open 2017-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5759099/ /pubmed/29399230 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001711011568 Text en © 2017 Xarchas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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