title: Barbed Suture as a Treatment Approach in Complex Degloving Injuries.
abstract: In the late 19th century, French physician Morel-Lavallée was challenged with a group of patients who sustained similar patterns of degloving injuries, which today carry his eponym. In 1853, he reported a series of cases as well as proposed strategies for the management of these complex degloving injuries. Treatment strategies have not varied significantly over the years, and these lesions continue to plague surgeons today with failure rates in excess of 50%. We present 2 case series using barbed suture in the management of these complex injuries.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Plastic Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center; and †Department of Plastic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA.
authors.forename: David Jean-Guy
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Boudreault
authors.forename: Sam H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lance
authors.forename: Jesus A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000069836:Degloving Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013848:Thigh / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery