Open Degloving Injury Around the Knee

A young gentleman presented to us with an open injury with multiple fractures around the knee joint. he was managed by:

  1. Knee spanning external fixator
  2. Surgical debridement and primary wound closure 
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PICTURE OF OPEN KNEE INJURY.
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CLOSE UP VIEW OF OPEN KNEE INJURY. Click to unblur

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CLOSE UP VIEW OF OPEN KNEE INJURY. Click to unblur
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PICTURE AFTER DEBRIDEMENT AND PRIMARY CLOSURE OF THE OPEN INJURY AROUND KNEE
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PICTURE AFTER DEBRIDEMENT AND PRIMARY CLOSURE OF THE OPEN INJURY AROUND KNEE
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HEALED COMPLETELY UNEVENTFULLY
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