title: Limb trauma: the use of an advanced wound care device in the treatment of full-thickness wounds.
abstract: This is an observational case series of 15 patients with full-thickness traumatic wound defects treated with a dermal substitute. There were 8 male and 7 female patients with a mean age of 36.6 years. Eight patients had trauma to the lower limbs and 7 were of the upper limbs, with the average lesion size 104.4 cm(2) (range 6-490 cm(2)). The time to complete healing had a mean average time of 26.8 days (range 16-60 days). All patients went on to successful repair with 6 patients requiring a second application of the substitute and 5 patients needing split thickness skin grafts. Infection was recorded in one patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, MI, Italy, francescobrsb@hotmail.it.
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authors.lastname: Leone
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