The Incidence and Risk Factors for Lower Limb Skin Graft Failure | Zendy

S. V. R. Reddy | Zendy; Falah ElHaddawi | Zendy; Michael Fancourt | Zendy; Glenn Farrant | Zendy; William Gilkison | Zendy; Nigel Henderson | Zendy; Stephen Kyle | Zendy; Damien Mosquera | Zendy

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The Incidence and Risk Factors for Lower Limb Skin Graft Failure

Author(s) -

S. V. R. Reddy,

Falah ElHaddawi,

Michael Fancourt,

Glenn Farrant,

William Gilkison,

Nigel Henderson,

Stephen Kyle,

Damien Mosquera

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

dermatology research and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456

H-Index - 29

eISSN - 1687-6113

pISSN - 1687-6105

DOI - 10.1155/2014/582080

Subject(s) - medicine , lower limb , incidence (geometry) , peripheral , surgery , risk factor , physics , optics

Lower limb skin grafts are thought to have higher failure rates than skin grafts in other sites of the body. Currently, there is a paucity of literature on specific factors associated with lower limb skin graft failure. We present a series of 70 lower limb skin grafts in 50 patients with outcomes at 6 weeks. One-third of lower limb skin grafts went on to fail with increased BMI, peripheral vascular disease, and immunosuppressant medication use identified as significant risk factors.

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