Traumatic Wound and Bony Defect

• Wound can occur under a variety of clinical conditions. It should be considered in postsurgical, post-traumatic wounds as well as from insect or animal bites. Differentiation from superficial infection is mandatory to assure appropriate surgical therapy is performed.
• Very small wound without exposed bone, tendon, nerve may heal spontaneously but may take a long time which may be painful to the patient and not cost-effective.
• Plastic surgery techniques like skin grafting and flap surgery are useful for these all types of wound.
• In some orthopaedic procedure implant exposed after surgery in these cases also plastic surgery technique very useful.

Treatment

Wound cover with skin grafting and flap surgery (local flap, regional flap or free flap surgery).