Usefulness of elastic compression bandage on fullthickness skin graft in lower limbs: a series of two cases

Autor: Rogerio Nabor Kondo, Suellen Tormina da Silva, Gabriela Bernardi Maia, Leticia Amstalde Bertoncini
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology, Vol 14 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-8773
DOI: 10.5935/scd1984-8773.2022140095
Popis: Reconstruction with grafting for defects resulting from the removal of squamous cell carcinoma in the lower limbs is a great challenge for the dermatological surgeon. A very thin skin for the receiving area, the inhomogeneity of the local vascularization and the transient venous insufficiency make it difficult to integration of the grafted skin in these regions. For the success of this type of procedure, some techniques can be used to repair these difficulties, such as an elastic compressive dressing that we use in the first postoperative days of a total skin graft on the foot and leg, with good results
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