title: Reconstruction of massive full-thickness abdominal wall defect: successful treatment with nonabsorbable mesh, negative pressure wound therapy, and split-skin grafting.
abstract: We demonstrate that it is possible to use a nonabsorbable mesh for abdominal wall reconstruction after total wound rupture and successfully split-skin graft directly on the mesh. Sufficient granulation tissue formation prior to skin grafting was obtained with long-term use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT).
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Herlev-Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark.
authors.forename: Dogu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Herlev-Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark.
authors.forename: Ida Felbo
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Paulsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Herlev-Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark.
authors.forename: Vibeke Egerup
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Bentzen
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery Herlev-Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark.
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asadzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Herlev-Gentofte Hospital University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark.
authors.forename: Lisbet Rosenkrantz
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hölmich