Impaired Lower Extremity Wound Healing Secondary to Sirolimus After Kidney Transplantation

J. George DeVries,^a Rachel C. Collier,^b,∗ Jeffrey A. Niezgoda,^c Shawn Sanicola,^d and  John P. Simanonok^e

Abstract

“Sirolimus is an immunosuppressive drug used as part of the drug regimen after kidney, liver, and heart transplantation. There have been numerous reports of transplant surgical wound healing complications secondary to sirolimus. The authors present a case of impaired wound healing in the lower extremity after kidney transplantation for a patient on sirolimus. This is one of the few reported cases that we are aware of that demonstrates the effects of sirolimus on wound healing at a nontransplant site.”

For Full Text in the archived Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3478904/