title: Vacuum-assisted closure for the treatment of degloving injuries.
abstract: Degloving injuries of the hand and foot pose difficult reconstructive and rehabilitation challenges. After an excellent experience with split-thickness skin grafting with the vacuum-assisted closure device, we began studies with full-thickness skin grafts and traumatized skin. The device has been used with successful reapplication of full-thickness degloved skin in two patients. The first patient suffered degloving of the foot; the second patient, degloving of the hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1075, USA. adefranz@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: DeFranzo
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Argenta
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Genecov
mesh_terms: D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014618:Vacuum