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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2024

Double-opposing negative pressure dressing-a useful method for splinting skin grafts on the penile shaft.

Steven L Zhang, Benjamin Z W Chung, Allen Wei-Jiat Wong

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Steven L ZhangSection of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Woodlands Health, 17 Woodlands Dr 17, Singapore 737628, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6504-9970
Benjamin Z W ChungSection of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jln Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore.
Allen Wei-Jiat WongPlastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery Service, Sengkang General Hospital, 110 Sengkang E Way, Singapore 544886, Singapore.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The care of skin grafts in the penile shaft is challenging because of its cylindrical shape and constantly changing length and lie, which makes it difficult to apply uniform compression and ensure immobilization during the critical period of skin graft take. These challenges are difficult to overcome with conventional dressings. The authors describe a technique of applying a double-opposing negative pressure dressing to sandwich the penile shaft following reconstruction with a skin graft, which is simple to apply and addresses these issues. Adoption of this technique may allow the reconstructive surgeon to manage skin grafts on the penile shaft with greater ease and confidence of optimum graft take.

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negative pressure dressingpenile reconstructionplastic surgeryreconstructive surgeryskin graftwound care

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PMID39183786
PMCPMC11342862

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