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http://dx.doi.org/10.14193/jkfas.2015.19.1.39

Meshed Stab Incision for Severe Swelling after Foot and Ankle Injury: A Technical Report  

Hyun, Yoon-Suk (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Kim, Gab-Lae (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Shin, Sung-Il (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Hong, Sung-Yup (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Park, Jung-Seob (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Choi, Sang-Min (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
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Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society / v.19, no.1, 2015 , pp. 39-41 More about this Journal
Abstract
Swelling is a body's natural reaction to foot and ankle injury to mount a healing inflammatory response. To some degree, swelling is necessary for healing and is something that cannot be avoided following injury. However, post-traumatic swelling may have an adverse effect on wound healing and surgery can often be delayed due to preoperative swelling. We report on a unique technique of making multiple meshed stab incisions around the site of injury to reduce soft tissue swelling and promote wound healing.
Keywords
Swelling; Meshed; Stab incision;
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