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A case report of a woman after childbirth with a dehisced abdominal wound as well as fat liquefaction and large skin necrosis.
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Annals of palliative medicine [Ann Palliat Med] 2020 Mar; Vol. 9 (2), pp. 493-496. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 17. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Recently high-frequency electric knife and abdominal binder are widely used in the abdominal operation in China. Nevertheless, with the high occurrence of the abdominal wound, we think that whether both these operations could be used or not. Here, we report the case of a 40-year-old female patient where negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) was applied to her dehisced abdominal wound as well as fat liquefaction and large skin necrosis with pleasing results. The patient with high fever was referred to our department from her earlier hospital for 6 days after cesarean delivery. During the surgery, her earlier doctor used a high-frequency electric knife for convenient-using, and after the operation, the patient immediately used an abdominal binder for good shape. However, the abdominal surgical incision was opened at postoperative day 3, with fat liquefaction releasing large fatty acids along both abdominal sides with penetration under the abdominal binder. After admitted at postoperative day 6 with aggravating wound, surgery was considered because of no reduction in the size of the wound. A series of vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) or vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) as well as others, were operated. In the admitted 25th day, the wound was completely closed. NPWT is a practical and effective therapy for the treatment of numerous refractory and intractable wounds. Therefore, we suggest that the high-frequency electric knife and an abdominal binder should be avoided using an abdominal operation. This case is the first report of the use of NPWT over a dehisced abdominal wound with fat liquefaction and large skin necrosis on a postpartum patient in China.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Cesarean Section adverse effects
Female
Humans
Necrosis surgery
Surgical Wound Infection prevention & control
Treatment Outcome
Wound Healing
Abdominal Wall pathology
Abdominal Wall surgery
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy methods
Surgical Wound Dehiscence pathology
Surgical Wound Dehiscence therapy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2224-5839
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Annals of palliative medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32233635
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.21037/apm.2020.03.15