ObjectiveTo investigate multidisciplinary collaborative role in the treatment of patients with lower extremity degloving injury. MethodsThe wound therapy group and the Department of Orthopedics, Nutrition, and Psychology, and the Pain Clinic and Rehabilitation team collaboratively carried out the comprehensive intervention for a patient with lower extremity degloving injury in March 2013 in our hospital. The wound therapist was responsible for correct evaluation, debridement, infection control, maintaining moisture balance, and protecting wound edges of the skin; The wound team members were responsible for the entire treatment and healing process in the form of text and photos; Department of Orthopedics was responsible for secondary skin graft; Nutrition division was responsible for the correction of anemia in patients with hypoalbuminemia; Psychological service was responsible for psychological counseling as treatment accident sometimes brought psychological trauma; Pain outpatient service was responsible for consultation, formulating specific plans to control and relieve the patient's pain, and promote the patient's physical and mental rehabilitation process; Rehabilitation division was responsible for the guidance of patients on lower limb function exercise, prevention of knee joint rigidity, muscle stiffness, to promote the functional recovery of lower limbs. ResultsThe patient's wound was healed completely without scar or joint contracture. Function of lower limbs recovered to normal. Patients was very satisfied to the treatment, and had a total full recovery of body and mind, and returned to the family and society. ConclusionMultidisciplinary collaboration treatment for patients with lower extremity degloving injury can ease pain, eliminate psychological barriers, promote wound healing, and maintain the limb function.
The annual incidence of diabetic foot ulcers in China is as high as 8.1%, which ranks first among the causes of chronic wounds in China. Although through the efforts of several generations of podiatrists and the building of multidisciplinary collaboration team, the major amputation rate in patients with diabetic foot ulcers in China has been decreased significantly, it is still far higher than the level of developed countries in Europe and the United States. Therefore, in order to cope with the increasing occurrence and recurrence of refractory diabetic foot ulcers, in addition to further optimizing the construction of multidisciplinary collaboration team, it is an urgent topic for us to explore the construction of a multidisciplinary integrated team to seamlessly connect the diagnosis and treatment of different aspects of foot disease. This article describes the importance and necessity of building a wound repair center with Chinese characteristics, which is a model of multidisciplinary integrated team, aiming at provide a theoretical basis for establishing a multidisciplinary integrated management model and realizing seamless connection between diagnosis and treatment, so as to further improve the cure rate of diabetic foot ulcers.