Degloving injuries

ABSTRACT

Early identification of degloving injuries and to emphasize their management. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Department of surgery Allied and DHQ Hospitals Faisalabad. PERIODMay 1986 to April 1996. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 120 patients 96 males [80%] and 24 female ranging between 4 to 75 years mean 39.5 years. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The etiological factors were Road Traffic Accident in 56% [67 patients], rotatory machine accident in the remaining 44% [53 patients]. Degloving most commonly occurred in the lower limb 44% [53 patients], following by in the descending order Peno scrotal 20% [24 patients] upper limb 17.5% [21 patients] scalp 14.1% [17 patients] and miscellaneous group 4.16% [5 patients]. Associated skeletal fracture were seen in 7 patients 4 of which had multiple fracture