Lower Limb Skin Graft Failure: Incidence and Risk Factors: A Longitudinal Study

Shah, Syed Aaqil; Anwar, Rabia; Ali, Mahak; Kiran, S.; Naseem, Aiman; Kashif, Hassan

doi:10.53350/pjmhs22166863

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“…Most of the split skin graft failures are reported to be caused by infections, hematomas, or seromas according to studies done in (LMICs), with several studies reporting different pathologic ndings in the (HICs). These failures lead to long hospital stay, draining of family income, with increase in morbidity, and mortality (9) The incidence of skin graft failure was approximately 48.3% in a study done in Togo, west Africa (10). In East African countries and Uganda in particular, there is paucity of researched data concerning the incidence of skin graft failure and the associated patterns.…”

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Incidence and patterns of split thickness skin graft failure at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Uganda

Wabuna,

Kiswezi,

Abraha

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Introduction: Graft failure results in delayed wound healing, increased hospital stays, repeat surgery, further donor sites and increased scar formation. There is limited information specifically about difficulties at the graft site after split skin grafting in the lower limbs. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and patterns of split thickness skin graft failure at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital (KNRH) in Uganda. Methods This was a prospective longitudinal study in which patients who had split skin graft on the lower limbs were followed up till the 10th day to assess the graft failure rates. Graft failure was defined as any take less than 80% on the 10th post-operative day. Culture and sensitivity was done for the patients that had graft failure. Using SPSS version 26, the incidence and failure patterns were computed. Results We enrolled 160 study participants, majority of whom were female 84(52.5%) with a mean age of 32.5 years (SD = 19.4). In this study, 59 participants had graft failure representing an incidence ratio of 36.9% (369 graft failures per 1000 grafts done). All failures were partial. The main direct cause of failure was infection, seen in 51(86.4%) of all the failures. The commonest causative organism was Pseudomonas aeruginosa seen in 41.2% of the patients that had infection as the cause of failure. Other organisms included Staphylococcus hemolyticus 12(23.5%), Proteus mirabilis 10(19.6%) and Staphylococcus aureus 8(15.7%). Amikacin had the highest sensitivity against all the organisms isolated in this study. All organisms were resistant to ampicillin, cotrimoxazole and ceftriaxone. Conclusion The failure rate was high. More attention to reduce the risk of graft failure should be focused on minimizing graft infection since this was the main cause of failure. Amikacin should be considered for empiric treatment in patients that experience infection following grafting in KNRH before the culture results are available.

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Incidence and patterns of split thickness skin graft failure at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Uganda

Wabuna,

Kiswezi,

Abraha

et al. 2024

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Predictors of split thickness skin graft failure at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Uganda

Wabuna,

Kiswezi,

Abraha

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Introduction: Graft failure results in delayed wound healing, increased hospital stays, repeat surgery, further donor sites and increased scar formation. There is limited information specifically about predictors of split skin graft failure in the lower limbs. The purpose of this study was to determine the predictors of split thickness skin graft failure at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital (KNRH) in Uganda. Methods: This was a prospective longitudinal study in which patients who had split skin graft on the lower limbs were followed up till the 10th day to assess the graft failure rates. Graft failure was defined as any take less than 80% on the 10th post-operative day. The baseline characteristics, clinical characteristics and laboratory characteristics were documented and association with graft failure assessed using Poisson regression in SPSS version 26. Results: We enrolled 160 study participants, majority of whom were female 84(52.5%) with a mean age of 32.5 years (SD=19.4). In this study, 59/160 participants had graft failure. The predictors of skin graft failure were smoking, diabetes mellitus comorbidity, being underweight or obese and presence of hypoalbuminemia. The risk of skin graft failure was independently increased by 27.2% for smokers, 25.0% for the diabetics, 12.4% for those underweight, 5.4% for those obese and by 16.5% for those who had hypoalbuminemia (P<0.05 for all). Conclusion: More attention to reduce the risk of graft failure should be focused on smokers, diabetics, these with high or low body mass index and correcting serum albumin.

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Lower Limb Skin Graft Failure: Incidence and Risk Factors: A Longitudinal Study

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Incidence and patterns of split thickness skin graft failure at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Uganda

Incidence and patterns of split thickness skin graft failure at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Uganda

Predictors of split thickness skin graft failure at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Uganda

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