The using of the negative pressure wound therapy in the complex treatment degloving injuries of the lower extremity

The experience of the complex treatment of 37 patients with degloving injury of the covering tissues of the lower extremities is introduced in this article. In all the cases, the method by the listed authors was used. This method is based on the vacuum drainage of the cavity formed by the exfoliated skin flap and the underlying tissues. This technique allows saving the large areas, which were exfoliated from the underlying tissues but retained the connection with the surrounding surface of the skin. The algorithm of actions when such victims arrive to the hospital to the stage of the specialized surgical help is given in this article. The high efficiency of the introduced method is shown.