An Alternative Treatment Strategy for Complicated Chronic Wounds: Negative Pressure Therapy over Mesh Skin Graft

Figure 1

50-year-old patient affected by shoulder sarcoma after tumor excision and reconstruction with pedicled latissimus dorsi flap and skin grafts. (A) Seven days after surgery skin grafts and superficial latissimus dorsi flap necrosis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. (B) Area 21 days after surgical debridement and NPWT. Cultural examinations of wound continued to be positive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.