Travis L Perry Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
surgeon
Department of Surgery, Wright State University, USA
Travis L Perry is a burn surgeon for Shriners Children’s Ohio. He earned his undergraduate degree from Salem State University and medical degree from East Carolina University School of Medicine. He completed residencies at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Louisiana State University Health Science Center. Perry completed fellowships at the University of Oslo Norway Biotechnology Center and the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is licensed in Ohio and North Carolina.
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Author(s): Travis L Perry
Fournier’s Gangrene remains a forbidding necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) that necessitates early recognition, prompt surgical excision and goal directed antibiotic therapy. Traditionally surgical management has included wide radical excision for sepsis control. This management often leaves large morbid wounds that require complex wound coverage, prolong hospitalizations and/or delayed healing. We report seventeen consecutive patients over a ten-year period, who were treated with concurrent skin and soft tissue sparing surgery, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and serial delayed primary closure (DPC). The mean number of total surgeries including simultaneous debridement and reconstruction was 5.4. The average ICU and hospital... view moreĀ»