Surgical treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum with negative pressure wound therapy and split thickness skin grafting under adequate immunosuppression is a valuable treatment option: Case series of 15 patients - 18/04/17

Maria Pichler, MD ^a, Lorenz Larcher, MD ^c, Michael Holzer, MD ^d, Gerald Exler, MD ^e, Tobias Thuile, MD ^a, Barbara Gatscher, MD ^a, Lukas Tappeiner, MD ^a, Jenny Deluca, MD ^a, Cinzia Carriere, MD ^a, Van Anh Nguyen, MD ^d, Verena Moosbrugger-Martinz, MD, PhD ^d, Matthias Schmuth, MD ^d, Georg F. Klein, MD ^e, Klaus Eisendle, MD, PhD ^{a, b, ⁎}

^a Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Department of Medical University Innsbruck, Central Teaching Hospital Bolzano/Bozen, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy 

^b IMREST Interdisciplinary Medical Research Center South Tyrol, Claudiana, College of Health-Care Professions, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy 

^c Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital of St. John of God Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria 

^d University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria 

^e Department of Dermatology, Hospital of Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria 

^∗Correspondence to: Klaus Eisendle, MD, PhD, Dept of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Department of Innsbruck Medical University, Central Teaching Hospital Bolzano/Bozen, 39100 Bolzano/Bozen, Italy