Volume 26, Issue 122, April 2022

Physiotherapy succeeding split skin grafting in a case of degloving injury of hand and keloid formation

Tasneem Mustafa Lakkadsha¹, Madhu Lakhwani², Pratik Phansopkar^3♦, Shivani Satish Lalwani⁴, Sakina Shoeb Hussain Saifee⁴

¹Intern, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Resident, Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³HOD and professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair physiotherapy college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁴Intern, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
HOD and professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair physiotherapy college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

A degloving injury is a fairly common outcome of road traffic accidents, and if the soft tissues are not rescued in a short period, it can result in death. Even after soft tissue salvage, if the mobility component is not prioritized, the affected structures will be permanently disabled. This case report follows a case of degloving injury that was treated with split skin grafting, after which the patient developed partial disability for which physiotherapy was implemented that resulted in a significant decrease in pain, decreased restrictions in ranges of joints of hand and foot, and improvement in gait pattern.

Keywords: Split skin grafting, degloving injury, keloid, physiotherapy, case report

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms148e2159

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i122/ms148e2159

Published: 23 April 2022