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ArticleArchives of plastic surgery2021

The use of negative-pressure wound therapy over a cultured epithelial autograft for full-thickness wounds secondary to purpura fulminans in an infant.

Benjamin Kah Liang Goh, Alvin Wen Choong Chua, Khong Yik Chew, Gavin Chun-Wui Kang, Li-Wei Chiang, Bien-Keem Tan, Savitha Ramachandran

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Article in Archives of plastic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin Kah Liang GohDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
Alvin Wen Choong ChuaDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Khong Yik ChewDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
Gavin Chun-Wui KangDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
Li-Wei ChiangDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
Bien-Keem TanDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Savitha RamachandranDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
KK Women's and Children's Hospital · SGSingapore General Hospital · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpura fulminans is a serious condition that can result in severe morbidity in the pediatric population. Although autologous skin grafts remain the gold standard for the coverage of partial- to full-thickness wounds, they have several limitations in pediatric patients, including the lack of planar donor sites, the risk of hemodynamic instability, and the limited graft thickness. In Singapore, an in-house skin culture laboratory has been available since 2005 for the use of cultured epithelial autografts (CEAs), especially in burn wounds. However, due to the fragility of CEAs, negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) dressings have been rarely used with CEAs. With several modifications, we report a successful case of NPWT applied over a CEA in an infant who sustained 30% total body surface area full-thickness wounds over the anterior abdomen, flank, and upper thigh secondary to purpura fulminans. We also describe the advantages of using NPWT dressing over a CEA, particularly in pediatric patients.

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AutograftsChildEpithelium cellsNegative-pressure wound therapySkin

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PMID33207856
PMCPMC8143943
OpenAlexW3104642002

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