Thromboangiitis obliterans, or Buerger disease, is a rare nonatherosclerotic segmental inflammatory vasculitis that generally affects young tobacco smokers. Although no surgical treatment is available, the most effective way to halt the disease's progress is smoking cessation. In this case report, a 29-year-old smoker showed up to emergency department with gangrene of his fifth left toe and extensive plantar ulceration. After investigative angiography, he was diagnosed with Buerger disease. On November 2017, he underwent fifth left toe amputation and hyperbaric therapy. Five months after amputation, the patient was rehospitalized because of surgical wound dehiscence, wide ulceration, and pain. He was treated with lipofilling using the Coleman technique. Two weeks after the fat grafting procedure, the patient suspended pain control medication, and after 2 months, the surgical wound was almost healed. Fat grafting (lipofilling) is mostly used in plastic surgery; it offers regenerative effects, with minimal discomfort for the patient. This case report demonstrates a successful alternative use of lipofilling for this unique condition and opens up new options for use of this technique in other fields.

Successful Fat Grafting in a Patient with Thromboangiitis Obliterans / I. D'Alessio, A.M. Settembrini, S. Romagnoli, G. Di Luca, M. Domanin, L. Gabrielli. - In: ADVANCES IN SKIN & WOUND CARE. - ISSN 1527-7941. - 32:12(2019 Dec 01), pp. 1-4. [10.1097/01.ASW.0000604192.77577.6f]

Successful Fat Grafting in a Patient with Thromboangiitis Obliterans

I. D'Alessio
Primo
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M. Domanin
Penultimo
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L. Gabrielli
Ultimo
2019

Abstract

Thromboangiitis obliterans, or Buerger disease, is a rare nonatherosclerotic segmental inflammatory vasculitis that generally affects young tobacco smokers. Although no surgical treatment is available, the most effective way to halt the disease's progress is smoking cessation. In this case report, a 29-year-old smoker showed up to emergency department with gangrene of his fifth left toe and extensive plantar ulceration. After investigative angiography, he was diagnosed with Buerger disease. On November 2017, he underwent fifth left toe amputation and hyperbaric therapy. Five months after amputation, the patient was rehospitalized because of surgical wound dehiscence, wide ulceration, and pain. He was treated with lipofilling using the Coleman technique. Two weeks after the fat grafting procedure, the patient suspended pain control medication, and after 2 months, the surgical wound was almost healed. Fat grafting (lipofilling) is mostly used in plastic surgery; it offers regenerative effects, with minimal discomfort for the patient. This case report demonstrates a successful alternative use of lipofilling for this unique condition and opens up new options for use of this technique in other fields.
Buerger disease; fat grafting; lipofilling; plastic surgery; smoking; thromboangiitis obliterans; wound care
Settore MED/22 - Chirurgia Vascolare
1-dic-2019
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