Safe Skin Management during Open Hepatectomy in a Patient with Recessive Dystrophic Congenital Epidermolysis Bullosa

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Postoperative appearance of the skin. (a) A picture taken immediately after the operation, showing no blistering around the wound, drain insertion site, or block catheter insertion sites on the bilateral rectus sheaths. (b) The wound was protected with a Mepilex Border Ag dressing (Mölnlycke Health Care), with a Mepilex Lite dressing placed between the tubes and skin to fix the tubes. (c) A picture taken after discharge (2 weeks later). The patient had an uneventful postoperative course with no blister formation.

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