Open AccessAutologous scalp skin grafting to treat toxic epidermal necrolysis in a patient with a large skin injury: A case report
Author(s) -
Dan Xue,
Ling Zhou,
Yong Yang,
Siyuan Ma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i7.1646
Subject(s) - medicine , toxic epidermal necrolysis , scalp , dermatology , skin grafting , skin transplantation , surgery
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is often associated with skin wounds affecting large areas. Healing of this type of wound is difficult because of pressure, infection and other factors. It can increase the length of hospital stay and result in wound sepsis and even death.