Effects of a Fibrin Sealant on Skin Graft Tissue Adhesion in a Rodent Model.

Objective: To establish a rodent model for skin grafting with fibrin glue and examine the effects of fibrin glue on the adhesive strength of skin grafts without bolsters.

Study Design: Animal cohort.

Setting: Academic hospital laboratory.

Predicting the need for muscle flap salvage after open groin vascular procedures: a clinical assessment tool.

Groin wound complications after open vascular surgery procedures are common, morbid, and costly. The purpose of this study was to generate a simple, validated, clinically usable risk assessment tool for predicting groin wound morbidity after infra-inguinal vascular surgery. A retrospective review of consecutive patients undergoing groin cutdowns for femoral access between 2005-2011 was performed.