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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2026

The use of intact fish skin grafts in the treatment of acute complicated bite wounds: a case report.

Ivan Adamovic, Hans-Dieter Mäder, Alexander Golowan, Kostas Michael, Thibika Sivakumar, Jörg Lucian, Lukas Krähenbühl

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2026. 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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Ivan AdamovicDepartment of Surgery, ASANA Spital Leuggern, 5316 Leuggern, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-1805
Hans-Dieter MäderDepartment of Surgery, ASANA Spital Leuggern, 5316 Leuggern, Switzerland.
Alexander GolowanDepartment of Surgery, ASANA Spital Leuggern, 5316 Leuggern, Switzerland.
Kostas MichaelDepartment of Surgery, ASANA Spital Leuggern, 5316 Leuggern, Switzerland.
Thibika SivakumarDepartment of Surgery, ASANA Spital Leuggern, 5316 Leuggern, Switzerland.
Jörg LucianDepartment of Surgery, ASANA Spital Leuggern, 5316 Leuggern, Switzerland.
Lukas KrähenbühlDepartment of Surgery, ASANA Spital Leuggern, 5316 Leuggern, Switzerland.

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Abstract

The management of complex bite wounds, particularly in patients with comorbidities, presents a significant clinical challenge due to the high risk of infection and prolonged healing times. This case report highlights the successful use of intact fish skin grafts as a novel treatment modality for a primary contaminated bite wound at the patient with comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus and rheumatoid artritis with cortisone use. A 54-year-old European female patient with a medical history of rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with a large, full-thickness dog bite wound on her right lower leg. Surgical debridement and broad-spectrum antibiotic administration, an intact Kerecis fish skin graft was applied and secured. The application of an intact fish skin xenograft, combined with surgical debridement and appropriate antibiotic therapy, proved to be a highly effective treatment for a complex bite wound in an immunocompromised patient.

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bite woundscomplicated woundsfish skingrafts

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PMID41908786
PMCPMC13019289

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