Successful treatment of burn and visceral injury combined with full-thickness loss of the abdominal wall after blast injury

Ö Baþaran, P Karaarslan, AE Sakallođlu… - Journal of burn care …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Ö Baþaran, P Karaarslan, AE Sakallođlu, E Kesik, H Karakayalý, M Haberal
Journal of burn care & research, 2006academic.oup.com
A 29-year-old man was admitted to our institution 10 days after he had undergone an urgent
exploratory laparotomy at a local army hospital after a terrorist bombing attack. On
admission, deep second-degree and third-degree burns involving 25% of the upper and
lower extremities were present, together with a 25× 10-cm abdominal full-thickness blast
injury defect on the left side, an infected eviscerated midline incision, and a colostomy on the
right side of the abdomen. The patient underwent a second laparotomy, at which time the …
Abstract
A 29-year-old man was admitted to our institution 10 days after he had undergone an urgent exploratory laparotomy at a local army hospital after a terrorist bombing attack. On admission, deep second-degree and third-degree burns involving 25% of the upper and lower extremities were present, together with a 25 × 10-cm abdominal full-thickness blast injury defect on the left side, an infected eviscerated midline incision, and a colostomy on the right side of the abdomen. The patient underwent a second laparotomy, at which time the intraabdominal abscess was drained, and the abdominal cavity was irrigated with saline. A jejunal perforation was found and sutured. The abdominal cavity was left open and covered with a Bogota bag for temporary closure. On postburn day 18, the patient underwent débridment and grafting of the third-degree burns to the left and right arm and right lower extremities. After several débridment sessions (postburn days 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24), an abdominal skin release and reapproximation were performed (postburn day 26). On postburn day 36, split-thickness skin grafts were placed directly on the granulated tissue of the intestines and on a defect in the left flank and iliac regions. Postoperatively, the patient did well. He was discharged on postburn day 78 with all wounds well healed. In our opinion, temporary closure followed by direct application of meshed split-thickness skin grafts to exposed abdominal viscera represents a simple method of reconstruction that can be safely performed, with minimal risk, on critically ill patients.
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