J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1973 Jun;8(2):175-178. 10.4055/jkoa.1973.8.2.175.

Skin Graft and Chronic Osteomyelitis

• Moon MS
• Lee SH
• Han IH
• Ok IY

• KMID: 2463775
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1973.8.2.175

Abstract

Authors presented the gratifying result of treatment of chronic osteomyelitis with overlying skin defect and/or poor skin condition, which developed the wide skin necrosis after saucerization and resulted the second skin graft necessary. Five cases were treated by primary extensive saucerization of tibia which left a cavity with bleeding walls. The exposed bony surface with bleeding walls was covered by delayed free skin graft when the good granulation covered the bony surface. Through this experience, delayed free skin graft is justified the best procedure in these cases to cover the post-surgical raw bone surface and to have primary healing of the bone infection. A method of hemicylindrical pedunculated skin graft to obliterate the deeply excavated surgical bony defect is introduced.

MeSH Terms

Hemorrhage
Methods
Necrosis
Osteomyelitis*
Skin*
Tibia
Transplants*