title: Topical negative pressure coupled with split-thickness skin grafting for the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa: a case report.
abstract: Hidradenitis suppurativa is a cutaneous, chronic, recurrent inflammatory disease. Here, we report the case of a 66-year-old man who had hidradenitis suppurativa in the buttocks. He suffered from diabetes mellitus. In the past, he had perianal abscesses. Because of improper treatment of furuncle infections in the buttocks, skin ulcers formed, which worsened and resulted in multiple fistulas. The skin lesion surface was large and the infection was severe. After wound debridement treatment, topical negative pressure and nutritional support were given. After one and a half months, the wound healed with split-thickness skin grafting. In a 2-year follow-up, there was no evidence of hidradenitis suppurativa recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, The Key Laboratory of Trauma Treatment & Tissue Repair of Tropical Area, HuaBo Bio-Pharmaceutic Institute of Guangzhou, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Tang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jianbing
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, The Key Laboratory of Trauma Treatment & Tissue Repair of Tropical Area, HuaBo Bio-Pharmaceutic Institute of Guangzhou, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biao
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, The Key Laboratory of Trauma Treatment & Tissue Repair of Tropical Area, HuaBo Bio-Pharmaceutic Institute of Guangzhou, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, The Key Laboratory of Trauma Treatment & Tissue Repair of Tropical Area, HuaBo Bio-Pharmaceutic Institute of Guangzhou, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yanhong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017497:Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Buttocks; Hidradenitis suppurativa; Skin graft; Topical negative pressure