A salvage strategy for heel pad degloving injury: A case report.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 33937645.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000007 and PMC identifier 7953521.
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Abstract
A 50-year-old female experienced a crush injury to the foot resulting in open degloving of her heel pad. This study details a surgical strategy to achieve healing and limb salvage. Heel pad injuries with degloving are difficult to salvage and have a poor prognosis. Amputation is often the only therapeutic option, unless part of the blood supply to the heel pad is intact, rendering limb salvage a possibility.