Tension-reduced closure of large abdominal wall defect caused by shotgun wound: A case report

Table 1 Details of cases treated with Tension Relief System

Ref.	Case no.	Age (yr)	Gender (male/female)	Cause of defect	Region of defect	Size of defect	Application time (prior to, during, and/or after surgery)	Closure (immediate/delayed closure)	Time to closure (min/d)
Topaz et al[5], 2012	1	62	Male	SCC	Left distal leg	3 cm × 2 cm	Prior to surgery	Delayed	16 d
	2	52	Female	Scar	Lower abdominal	7 cm × 8 cm	Prior to surgery	Delayed	11 d
	3	26	Male	High-voltage electric burn	Left lower limb	NA	During surgery	Immediate	NA
	4	12	Female	Congenital nevus	Right thigh	Φ = 2 cm	Prior to surgery	Delayed	14 d
	5	29	Female	Infected surgical wound	Abdominal	NA	NA	Delayed	NA
	6	88	Female	SCC	Left distal leg	Φ = 2.5 cm	Prior to surgery	Delayed	12 d
Topaz et al[17], 2014	7	64	Male	BCC	Parietal scalp	Φ = 3.5 cm	After surgery	Delayed	5 d
	8	64	Male	BCC	Parietal scalp	Φ = 3 cm	After surgery	Delayed	1 d
	9	74	NA	SCC	Frontal scalp	Φ = 3 cm	During surgery	Immediate	NA
	10	78	NA	Ulcerated BCC	Occipital scalp	Φ = 3.2 cm	After surgery	Delayed	5 d
	11	17	NA	Scar tissue neoplasia	Parietal scalp	Φ = 2.5 cm	After surgery	Delayed	2 d
	12	95	Male	SCC	Occipital scalp	Φ = 4.5 cm	After surgery	Delayed	17 d
	13	82	NA	SCC	Parietal scalp	Φ = 3.5 cm	After surgery	Delayed	21 d
	14	82	NA	SCC	Occipital scalp	Φ = 3 cm	After surgery	Delayed	2 d
	15	65	NA	SCC	Occipital scalp	Φ = 4 cm	After surgery	Delayed	5 d
Topaz et al[18], 2014	16	60	Male	Basal cell carcinoma	Flank	15 cm × 25 cm	During surgery	Immediate	26 min
	17	35	Male	Malignant melanoma	Scapular	7 cm × 11.5 cm	During surgery	Immediate	60 min
	18	41	Male	Spindle cell sarcoma	Supraclavicular	26 cm × 25 cm	During surgery	Immediate	135 min
Dan et al[19], 2015	19	20	Female	Tumor	Left groin	10 cm × 8 cm	After surgery	Delayed	28 d
	20	53	Male	Traffic accident	Foot and ankle	10 cm × 9 cm	After surgery	Delayed	15 d
Zhu et al[22], 2020	21	3	Female	Infantile hemangiomas	Scalp	6.5 cm × 5.2 cm	During surgery	Immediate	20 min
Choke et al[20], 2017	22	42	Male	Bacterial infection	Limb	91 cm × 17 cm	After surgery	Delayed	60 d
	23	55	Male	Sternal osteomyelitis	Chest	28 cm × 8 cm	After surgery	Delayed	42 d
	24	29	Male	Hernia	Abdomen	9 cm × 10 cm	After surgery	Delayed	28 d
Li et al[21], 2019	25	4	Female	Traffic accident trauma	Pubic symphysis	14 cm × 9 cm	After surgery	Delayed	NA

SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma; BCC: Basal cell carcinoma; NA: Not available.