Therapeutic failure and eventual solution for skin necrosis and exposed tendon of the dorsum of the foot: A case report.
Yoichi ToyoshimaToshio MaedaTakeshi KijimaOsamu NamikiTetsuya NemotoKatsunori InagakiPublished in: Clinical case reports (2018)
For the treatment of skin necrosis with exposed tendons in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) foot, we should perform microvascular free flap surgery at an early stage without conservative treatment considering the increased risk of infection and the decreased physical activity.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- early stage
- physical activity
- minimally invasive
- soft tissue
- body mass index
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery disease
- wound healing
- ankylosing spondylitis
- lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- replacement therapy
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- smoking cessation
- surgical site infection