Patterns and management of degloving injuries: a single national level 1 trauma center experience.
Suhail HakimKhalid AhmedAyman El-MenyarGaby JabbourRuben PeraltaSyed NabirAhammed MekkodathilHusham AbdelrahmanAmmar Al-HassaniHassan Al-ThaniPublished in: World journal of emergency surgery : WJES (2016)
The incidence of DSTIs is 4 % among trauma admissions over 3 years, with a greater predilection to males and young population. DSTIs are mostly underestimated particularly in the closed type that are usually missed at the initial presentation and associated with poor outcomes. Treatment guidelines are not well established and therefore further studies are warranted.