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Split‐skin Grafting in the Management of Extensive Neuropathic Ulceration
Author(s) -
Masson E. A.,
Cooper M. A. C.,
Boulton A. J. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1989.tb02108.x
Subject(s) - medicine , skin grafting , foot (prosody) , surgery , diabetic foot , dermatology , diabetes mellitus , linguistics , philosophy , endocrinology
Neuropathic foot ulceration can lead to long periods of in‐patient treatment, and healing time is related to the size of the skin defect. We report a case where most of the skin was lost from the plantar surface of the foot, and healing was dramatically assisted by the application of split‐skin grafts, a technique seldom considered for the treatment of diabetic foot lesions.