Table 2.
Skin Stretch Has Been Reported to Close Different Wound Sizes
| Device | Position | Year | Object | Factor | Defect Size (cm × cm) | Follow-up (mo) | Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TopClosure | Head | 2015 | More than 10 d of birth of female infants | Head giant hemangioma surgery | 6.5 × 5.2 | 6 | Zhu et al68 |
| TopClosure | Chest wall | 2017 | A 36-y-old man | Chest contracture scar with ulceration underwent cicatricectomy | 24 × 16 | 18 | Zhu et al69 |
| SureClosure | Abdominal wall | 2014 | A 20-y-old female patient | Burn scar excision wound | 8. 5 × 19 | 12 | Verhaegen et al70 |
| TopClosure | Right chest wall | 2016 | An 81-y-old woman | Right breast cancer surgery | 16 × 11 | 6 | Zhu et al71 |
| TopClosure | The right low back | 2014 | A 60-y-old man with schizophrenia | Large ulcerative squamous cell carcinoma surgery | 15 × 25 | 6 | Topaz et al3 |
| Elastic rubber bands | Right hip joint | 2017 | A 76-y-old man | Stage IV pressure ulcer | 25 × 15 | 2 | Cheng et al72 |
| EASApprox closure | Right lower extremity | 2018 | A 41-year-old man | Open infected wound | 40 × 35 | 3 | Lei et al64 |
| EASApprox closure | Left knee joint | 2017 | A 25-y-old man | Postoperative peripheral trauma | 15 × 11 | 5 | Dong et al22 |
| KWs + wires | Calf | 2018 | Patients around the age of 37.5 y | Open infected wound | 14 × 5 ~ 20 × 7 | 2 | Chen et al73 |
| KWs + BHS | Right leg | 2020 | A 76-y-old woman | After resection of fibrosarcoma | 13 × 8 | 3 | Wu et al1 |
| KWs + wires | The back of the right foot | 2018 | A 36-year-old man | Nonhealing burn wound | 18 × 9 | 2 | Zhang et al74 |
| EASApproxClosure | The ulnar side of the left foot | 2020 | A 66-y-old woman | Peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes | 9 × 3 | 6 | Ji et al75 |
KWs, Kirschner wires.