PMC4391425_01
The case at presentation
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F1
Her right leg was run over by one of the track tires and sustained a non-circumferential multi-planar degloving injury (Fig. 1); her left foot was abraded below the medial malleolus.
Intraoperative view of the wound being prepared with VERSAJET Hydrosurgery System
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F2
The final debridement was achieved with a method commonly referred to as tangential hydrodissection, by using the VERSAJET Hydrosurgery System (Smith & Nephew) connected to a 45 /8 mm hand piece and power settings of 5 to 7 (Fig. 2). 
A full-thickness single piece skin graft harvested from the lower abdomen was 
defatted with VERSAJET and sutured in place
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F3
The skin graft was tailored to the defects and sutured in place under mild tension with very few stab incisions to allow fluid passage (Fig. 3). 
Appearance of the right leg 5 months after the accident
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F4
The patient considered the cosmetic appearance of his lower limb excellent (Fig. 4) and the reduction of the abdominal panniculus a bonus.