title: Endoscopic treatment of Morel-Lavallee lesion.
abstract: Morel-Lavallee lesion is a closed degloving soft tissue injury in which subcutaneous tissue is torn from the underlying muscular fascia. The tear leads to venolymphatic leak, and concomitant adipose tissue necrosis from the force of the trauma causes swelling and possible infection at the site of injury. The traditional treatment for the lesion is surgical drainage and debridement. In this report, an endoscopic method is described, which achieves the goal of an open surgical debridement but minimizes surgical morbidity.
authors: Division of Pediatric Surgery, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA, United States. Electronic address: skim@mail.cho.org.
authors: Sunghoon
authors: S
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D000069836:Degloving Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D049291:Seroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Closed degloving injury; Endoscopic debridement; Endoscopy; Morel-Lavallee lesion