Skin necrosis after heel fracture surgery can be treated with medication or surgical implantation, and the plate can be removed if necessary.
1. Medication: If the necrosis is small in scope after heel fracture surgery, it can be treated with medication exchange and locally given medication to promote healing, such as comfrey ointment, which promotes the withering away of decayed flesh and the growth of new flesh. If accompanied by infection, you can choose penicillin, meloxicillin and other antibiotics to fight infection.
2. Skin grafting surgery: If the skin necrosis after heel fracture surgery is large, after local dressing and drainage and anti-infection treatment, the necrotic skin should be debrided, and skin grafting surgery or flap transfer surgery can be performed if the necrotic area is large.
3. If the heel bone plate is exposed and localized osteomyelitis is formed, the plate should be taken out in time, and the local wound should be cleaned up, changed and drained, and the skin flap should be repaired after the infection is controlled.
Skin necrosis after heel fracture surgery can be treated according to the degree of necrosis under doctor’s guidance.