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Year : 2019  |  Volume : 2 |  Issue : 2 |  Page : 19-21 |  DOI : https://doi.org/10.46319/RJMAHS.2019.v02i02.005

 
Management of total circumferential degloving injury of lower leg with immediate flap cover and skin grafting by graft derived from degloved skin: A case report

Sunil NP1*, Chandan GB1/, Shivakumar2, Venkatesh NS2
1Assistant professor, 2 Professor Department of General Surgery Sri Siddhartha Medical College & Research Centre, SSAHE, Agalakote, Tumakuru

*Corresponding author:
Dr. Sunil NP Prashanta nagara, Devaraya pattana, Tumkur. 572104
E-mail: suniljagapuri@gmail.com

Abstract
Degloving soft tissue injuries of lower limb are serious and debilitating condition. Deciding on the most appropriate treatment is often difficult. Mismanagement of these cases will increase morbidity and mortality often leading to amputation of the lower limb. Every case management has to be individualised according to severity of injury, associated other injuries, time of presentation and general condition of the patient. Here we describe a case of total circumferential degloving injury of lower leg managed with immediate surgery by debridement, gastronemiue flap cover of proximal tibia and split thickness skin graft of whole of left lower leg from the graft taken from degloved skin.
Keywords: Degloving injury, skin graft

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