From my Instagram here is a series of images of a thigh with wounds from probable drug abuse and infection over years. Two wounds on the pictured leg were cleaned surgically (debridement) and grafted with shavings of the patient’s skin. In one image the grafts appear covered with foam dressings (stents) awaiting adherence before stent removal. The third image is of the newly adherent and healing grafts. Without graft surgery these wounds would have taken months if cared for properly under ideal conditions to heal. This is not pretty cosmetic plastic surgery, but is rather a needed and underpaid aspect of plastics that fewer and fewer plastic surgeons practice.
Thigh wounds before skin graft #surgery
Skin grafts under foam dressings #photooftheday #surgery
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Originally posted 2012-08-17 07:30:12.
