Redoable Tie-Over Dressing Using Multiple Loop Silk Threads
A 77-year-old male presented with the chief complaint of a soft tissue defect on the right knee area. The wound had a bacterial infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. After treatment with intravenous antibiotics (vancomycin 1 g every 12 hours for 7 days) and daily wound dressing, skin grafting was carried out by harvesting a split thickness of skin from the right thigh. One day after the surgery, a large amount of serous discharge was observed through the dressing and infection was suspected. The tie-over dressing was opened and the seroma was evacuated. Tie-over dressing was performed continuously until nine days after the surgery and the skin graft was taken up successfully ().