A Simple Strategy in Avulsion Flap Injury: Prediction of Flap Viability Using Wood's Lamp Illumination and Resurfacing with a Full-thickness Skin Graft
A 54-year-old man was run over by a car, which resulted in an avulsion of skin on the lateral surface of the right foot (). The patient took warfarin regularly to prevent thromboembolism due to atrial fibrillation. After debridement, the devascularized skin flap was defatted and used as a FTSG. Necrosis was found at a small area where there was hematoma. A small STSG was done and recovery was uneventful. The appearance was good ().