Soft Tissue Coverage of the Knee Joint Following Burns

Abstract

Full-thickness burns around the knee joint are usually associated with exposure of bone, tendon or ligaments. Following excision of the deep burns, there is no viable wound bed to which skin grafts can be applied. Although vacuum-assisted closure has been used to encourage granulation tissue, exposure of the tendons and ligaments following excision usually requires muscle flaps or fasciocutaneous flaps.

Knee joint reconstruction using regional flaps: an aesthetic approach to extensive defects following fourth-degree contact burns

“…Early aseptic closure of the exposed knee joint should be performed to achieve adequate functional and cosmetic results with minimal donor site morbidities. Various reconstructive methods exist, and the appropriate method is selected depending on the location, size, and depth of the defect relative to the knee joint [1,3].…”