Leg Salvage in An Elderly Patient with a Circumferential Avulsion

The present paper reports the case of an elderly woman who sustained an extensive lower extremity skin avulsion injury. Limb salvage was achieved by using split-thickness skin grafts that were harvested from the avulsed skin. The case is noteworthy because of the advanced age of the patient, the extent of the injury, the method of back-table skin graft harvest and the successful outcome.