Skin Graft and Chronic Osteomyelitis
10.4055/jkoa.1973.8.2.175
- Author:
Myung Sang MOON
;
Seung Hoon LEE
;
In Hyung HAN
;
In Young OK
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Hemorrhage;
Methods;
Necrosis;
Osteomyelitis;
Skin;
Tibia;
Transplants
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1973;8(2):175-178
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Authors presented the gratifying result of treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with overlying skin defect and/or poor skin condition, which developed the wide skin necrosis after saucerization and resulted the second skin graft necessary. Five cases were treated by primary extensive saucerization of tibia which left a cavity with bleeding walls. The exposed bony surface with bleeding walls was covered by delayed free skin graft when the good granulation covered the bony surface. Through this experience, delayed free skin graft is justified the best procedure in these cases to cover the post-surgical raw bone surface and to have primary healing of the bone infection. A method of hemicylindrical pedunculated skin graft to obliterate the deeply excavated surgical bony defect is introduced.
