VAC Therapy in Large Infected Sacral Pressure Ulcer Grade IV—Can Be an Alternative to Flap Reconstruction?
| Autor: | R. K. Batra, Veena Aseeja |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Hydrocolloid dressing integumentary system business.industry Surgical Techniques and Innovations medicine.disease Diabetic foot Intensive care unit Surgery Cardiac surgery law.invention Plastic surgery Wound care Cardiothoracic surgery law Pediatric surgery medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Surgery. 76:162-164 |
| ISSN: | 0973-9793 0972-2068 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12262-012-0770-7 |
| Popis: | Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy is a new entrant in wound care after growth factors and alginate or hydrocolloid dressing, in the treatment of pressure ulcers. We have been using this technique for diabetic foot ulcers. A young nondiabetic man presented with a large sacral bed sore after high doses of ionotropes in an intensive care unit for treating severe hypotension. His wound was debrided, and instead of flap surgery in such infected wound, he was treated with VAC therapy. The complete wound healing was achieved in 6 weeks and at half the cost of flap surgery. Moreover, the chances of flap failure and its related complications were eliminated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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