Open AccessReconstructing Severe Lower Extremity Skin Necrosis in a Pediatric Patient
Author(s) -
Shayan M. Sarrami,
Andrew M. Ferry,
Edward P. Buchanan,
Frank T Gerow,
John C. Koshy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in skin and wound care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1538-8654
pISSN - 1527-7941
DOI - 10.1097/01.asw.0000752716.25014.ca
Subject(s) - medicine , purpura fulminans , purpura (gastropod) , surgery , necrosis , ecology , biology
Purpura fulminans can result in significant full-thickness wounds, posing a challenge in the pediatric population, given the paucity of donor sites for reconstruction. The authors present the case of an 11-month-old patient for whom a split-thickness skin allograft (TheraSkin) was successfully implemented as a temporizing measure for a large leg wound.