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A Case of Traumatic Degloving Penile Injury with Primary Skin Graft Cover

Manivannan P .

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Degloving describes a potentially serious injury in which an extensive area of skin is torn from its underlying attachments consequently depriving it of its blood supply. Degloving injury of the male genitals is an uncommon   urological presentation. They occur mainly following accidents with industrial or agricultural equipment. A case of isolated penile degloving injury in a         40-year-old farmer arising from avulsion effect of clothing entrapped in a harvesting machine is presented. Reconstruction was achieved with a skin graft, after initial wound optimization.


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