Wound vacuum-assisted closure as a bridge therapy in the treatment of infected cranial gunshot wound in a pediatric patient: illustrative case
Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons2022Vol. 3(8)
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Harjus Birk, Audrey Demand, Sandeep Kandregula, Christina Notarianni, Andrew T. Meram, Jennifer Kosty
Abstract
The patient received delayed reconstruction with a free split-thickness skin graft and made a remarkable recovery, with cranioplasty performed 6 months later. The authors reviewed the literature on wound VAC use in cranial wound treatment and proposed it as a legitimate bridge therapy to definitive reconstruction in the setting of dirty wounds, active infection, or even hemodynamically unstable patients.
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