Citation

Jadhav N C, Ramdas S, Lingam PP, Sateesh S. J. Craniofac. Surg. 2016; 27(4): 1051-1052.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/SCS.0000000000002613

PMID

27171962

Abstract

By definition, degloving is detachment of skin and subcutaneous tissue, most often affecting the limbs and extremities and occasionally the scalp. Degloving generally occurs from high-energy trauma. This paper describes a patient of traumatic facial degloving injury. This is an extremely rare condition, as the patient survived despite the risk of imminent death. This patient report addresses the decisions made regarding the emergency management, prevention of necrosis and infection by surgical debridement, and timely repair of the vital soft tissue structures that guided the management.

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