Published in:
01-08-2018 | Case Report
Osteotomies and autografted artificial dermal substitute over bone marrow in a bone-deep burn in an elder patient: An alternative to amputation
Authors:
Enrique Salmerón-González, Elena García-Vilariño, M Dolores Pérez-del-Caz, Alberto Ruiz-Cases, Pilar Corella-Estevez, Álvaro Forés-Zaragoza
Published in:
European Journal of Plastic Surgery
|
Issue 4/2018
Login to get access
Abstract
In this report, we describe the case of an elder patient who suffered a third-degree fire burn with extensive bone affection and exposure of both tibias. The usual treatment strategy for this type of case would have been amputation, or the performance of a multiple free flap surgery. Notwithstanding taking into account the age and the functional objectives for this patient, the multiple free flap option was disregarded. Therefore, we performed an original limb salvage procedure which consisted in bilateral anterior tibial cortex osteotomies and direct grafting over bone marrow, applying skin grafts over a monolayer artificial dermal substitute (Integra®), covered by a negative pressure therapy device. The wound was successfully and early covered, preventing the patient from the long hospital stay and derived complications that other coverage strategies would have carried.
Level of Evidence: Level V, therapeutic study.