The incidence and risk factors for lower limb skin graft failure.

Dermatol Res Pract

Department of General Surgery, Taranaki Base Hospital, Private Bag 2016, New Plymouth 4342, New Zealand.

Published: August 2014

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Lower limb skin grafts are thought to have higher failure rates than skin grafts in other sites of the body. Currently, there is a paucity of literature on specific factors associated with lower limb skin graft failure. We present a series of 70 lower limb skin grafts in 50 patients with outcomes at 6 weeks. One-third of lower limb skin grafts went on to fail with increased BMI, peripheral vascular disease, and immunosuppressant medication use identified as significant risk factors.

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