Negative pressure wound therapy and skin graft in madura foot treatment.
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Madura foot is a rare, loca, chronic granulomatous skin infection which commonly affects the adult male foot. Medical treatment reduces the size of the lesion but surgical excision is necessary for radical treatment. We present a case of a 59 year old male farmer diagnosed as actinomadura of the right foot treated with medical treatment, total excision, negative pressure wound therapy and split thickness skin graft.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Balkan medical journal
دوره 29 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012