The investigation of the treatment of infection, complex defect of skin and bone in crus / 中华显微外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effective method of the treatment of the infective, complex defect of skin and bone in crus. Methods On the basis of through anti-infection, the infective surface of wound with bone and skin complex defect was completely debrided. The infective and necrotic skin and bone were moved away, and the wound surface was covered with flaps having abundant circulation. The anti-infection therapy was continued after operation. When the infection healed and the normal skin covered the wound, the bone defect was renovated at the second stage. Result The transplanted flaps all survived and the skin covering the wound remained normal. After the follow-up of four to five years, all the transplanted bones healed completely. No limbs were amputured because of wound infection or the complex defect of bone and skin. Conclusion After the infective surface of wound was completely debrided, the skin defect was renovated with flaps having abundant circulation. On the basis of infection being totally cured, the lone-piece-bone defect was renovated. This method can maintain the limbs and creat conditon for the functional recovery.