Tissue expansion: its role in traumatic below-knee amputations.
A case of nonhealing ulcer overlying a traumatic below-knee amputation treated with tissue expansion, excision, and primary closure is presented. Histologic evidence of tissue injury following tissue expansion is presented, and a recommendation for its cautious use in patients with impaired wound healing is suggested.
D000328:Adult; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008889:Military Personnel; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012008:Recurrence; D012867:Skin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*