Does the shoe-lace technique aid direct closure of fasciotomy wounds after acute compartment syndrome of the lower leg? a retrospective case-control study.
P SuomalainenT-K PakarinenI PajamäkiM K LaitinenH-J LaineJussi Petteri RepoV M MattilaPublished in: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society (2021)
The main finding of our comparative study was that the shoe-lace technique seems to ease direct closure of lower leg fasciotomy wounds, and thus reduces the frequency of free skin grafts. Our finding needs to be confirmed in a high-quality randomized controlled trial.