Limited Incisional Drainage and Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy in an Acute Morel-Lavallée Lesion

A Morel-Lavallée lesion is a post-traumatic closed degloving soft tissue injury after blunt trauma. Infection and skin necrosis frequently occur if it is not treated properly in the early stages. However, there is no clearly established treatment algorithm. In the acute stage, it is mainly treated w...

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Published inDaehan oe'sang haghoeji Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 75 - 78
Main Authors Choi, Eui-Sung, Yang, Jae-Young, Ahn, Byung-Hyun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 대한외상학회 31.03.2021
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Summary:A Morel-Lavallée lesion is a post-traumatic closed degloving soft tissue injury after blunt trauma. Infection and skin necrosis frequently occur if it is not treated properly in the early stages. However, there is no clearly established treatment algorithm. In the acute stage, it is mainly treated with aspiration, simple compression, and incisional drainage. In the chronic stage, sclerotherapy is usually performed. If skin necrosis develops, the necrotic tissue is resected and a skin graft is needed. We describe a case of acute Morel-Lavallée lesion in the buttock region that was treated with limited incisional drainage and negative-pressure wound therapy, and also present a review of the literature. KCI Citation Count: 0
ISSN:1738-8767
2799-4317
2287-1683
DOI:10.20408/jti.2020.0039