[Cutaneous necrosis in a clinical case of one face lift after the use of Surgicel].
The use of Surgicel, a local haemostatic absorbable gauze, is usually spread in surgery. The author reports a clinical case of face lift where the use of Surgicel 2, a more concentrated Surgicel, left under a precarious vascularized cutaneous flap led to a skin slough. He concludes that the full-thickness cutaneous necrosis is bound both to the chemical action of the soluble component (uronic acid) of Surgicel and above all to the "screen-effect" with the nourishing basement. Consequently, the Surgicel should be removed once the haemostasis obtained.
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D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D015361:Rhytidoplasty; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*
D002483:Cellulose, Oxidized; C013695:Surgicel