Management of Regional Hidradenitis Suppurativa With Vacuum-Assisted Closure and Split Thickness Skin Grafts

Chen E, Friedman HI (Univ of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia) Ann Plast Surg 67:397-401, 2011^§

Abstract

Background

Hidradenitis suppurativa can be a debilitating chronic illness. The underlying cause of the disease is still not clear, but effective treatment of widespread regional disease relies on resection of all the involved skin and subcutaneous tissue. Closure of the resulting large wound is dependent on either flap or skin graft coverage. Many of the resulting wounds are too large for flap closure or result in unacceptable flap donor site deficits.

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