Dermatology Research and Practice (Jan 2014)

The Incidence and Risk Factors for Lower Limb Skin Graft Failure

  • Sumeet Reddy,
  • Falah El-Haddawi,
  • Michael Fancourt,
  • Glenn Farrant,
  • William Gilkison,
  • Nigel Henderson,
  • Stephen Kyle,
  • Damien Mosquera

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/582080
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2014

Abstract

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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.