Treatment Strategy for Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Skin Grafting with Immunosuppressive Drugs. 2022

Mai Nishimura, and Kento Mizutani, and Naho Yokota, and Hiroyuki Goto, and Tomoko Akeda, and Hiroshi Kitagawa, and Koji Habe, and Akinobu Hayashi, and Keiichi Yamanaka
Department of Dermatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a relatively rare neutrophilic dermatosis presenting as a rapidly progressive and painful skin ulcer characterized by undermined borders and peripheral erythema. Immunosuppressive therapy is the first-line treatment for PG; however, large ulcers often take months or years to heal. Surgical treatments, such as negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and skin grafting, are still controversial due to the risk of inducing the pathergy phenomenon and eliciting PG development by traumatic factors. Herein, we report on four cases of PG treated with skin grafting, with or without NPWT, under the control of immunosuppressive drugs at our institution. All cases adapted well, but one case showed recurrence at the periphery of the grafted area five months postoperatively. The current patients were treated with the following doses of oral prednisolone (PSL): PSL 10 mg daily, PSL 5 mg daily + adalimumab 40 mg/week, PSL 12 mg + 6 mg of tacrolimus daily, and PSL 20 mg daily during skin grafting. No severe complications, including infections, were observed. Surgical treatments, such as skin grafting with or without NPWT, may accelerate wound healing, shorten the administration of analgesics and long-term immunosuppressive therapy, and reduce the risk of infection.

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