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COMPROMISED GRAFTS/FLAPS
Covering or reconstructing complex wounds is accomplished by skin grafts
or flaps. Surgical skin grafts or tissue flaps may be required to heal
certain complex wounds. Occasionally, these grafts of or flaps may
not heal as expected, thus the term compromised. Transferred tissues
may be compromised due to different etiologies requiring proper therapy.
Although repeat surgery may be required to obtain complete wound closure,
in some situations hyperbaric oxygen therapy may salvage marginal tissues
by supplying oxygen to the hypoxic tissue and improve overall healing.
Your surgeon will determine whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy is appropriate
for your particular wound.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may also be prescribed to prepare the area
of your wound for another graft or tissue flap, if you have had a failed
graft in the past.
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