Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heel Ulcers in Werner’s Syndrome

Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heel Ulcers in Werner’s Syndrome

Patients with Werner’s syndrome frequently develop chronic leg ulcers that heal poorly. We present a patient who suffered from this rare syndrome and developed typical heel ulcers. Treatment of the ulcer is challenging, as flap options are limited over the lower third of the leg and skin grafting is...

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Main Authors: Keisuke Oe, Masahiko Miwa, Yoshitada Sakai, Masahiro Kurosaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/287025
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spelling doaj-234c1547aa864f73af87286585298dd12020-11-24T23:52:57ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572013-01-01201310.1155/2013/287025287025Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heel Ulcers in Werner’s SyndromeKeisuke Oe0Masahiko Miwa1Yoshitada Sakai2Masahiro Kurosaka3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe Hyogo 650-0017, JapanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe Hyogo 650-0017, JapanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe Hyogo 650-0017, JapanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe Hyogo 650-0017, JapanPatients with Werner’s syndrome frequently develop chronic leg ulcers that heal poorly. We present a patient who suffered from this rare syndrome and developed typical heel ulcers. Treatment of the ulcer is challenging, as flap options are limited over the lower third of the leg and skin grafting is not easy as there is a lack of healthy granulations. We successfully treated the ulcer with osteomyelitis by drilling the bone and applying an ultrathin split thickness skin graft with the thigh skin as the donor site.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/287025
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author Keisuke Oe
Masahiko Miwa
Yoshitada Sakai
Masahiro Kurosaka
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Masahiko Miwa
Yoshitada Sakai
Masahiro Kurosaka
Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heel Ulcers in Werner’s Syndrome
Case Reports in Orthopedics
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Masahiko Miwa
Yoshitada Sakai
Masahiro Kurosaka
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title Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heel Ulcers in Werner’s Syndrome
title_short Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heel Ulcers in Werner’s Syndrome
title_full Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heel Ulcers in Werner’s Syndrome
title_fullStr Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heel Ulcers in Werner’s Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Novel Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heel Ulcers in Werner’s Syndrome
title_sort novel surgical treatment for refractory heel ulcers in werner’s syndrome
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Orthopedics
issn 2090-6749
2090-6757
publishDate 2013-01-01
description Patients with Werner’s syndrome frequently develop chronic leg ulcers that heal poorly. We present a patient who suffered from this rare syndrome and developed typical heel ulcers. Treatment of the ulcer is challenging, as flap options are limited over the lower third of the leg and skin grafting is not easy as there is a lack of healthy granulations. We successfully treated the ulcer with osteomyelitis by drilling the bone and applying an ultrathin split thickness skin graft with the thigh skin as the donor site.
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