Treatment of separate wounds on the same patient with one NPWT device may be challenging. We present novel, cost-effective technique for multiple wounds management.
Surgical site infection (SSI) makes patient care more expensive by prolonging antibiotic usage and hospital stay. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has been recently reported as a preventive strategy to avoid SSI. We present a simple and low-cost vacuum dressing that may improve surgical wound healing and prevent high-risk wounds from complications.
Patients with diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of angiopathy, neuropathy and infection compared with healthy individuals and that may lead to foot disorders. Treatment is difficult challenging and if it is not successful it often run to lower limbs amputations.We present case report of 63 years old man after amputation of big toe and part of metatarsus due to diabetic foot syndrome, successfully treated with negative pressure wound therapy in combination with silver dressing. The literature regarding this issue was also reviewed.
Introduction: Venous leg ulcers (VLU) occur in 1\% of the adult population and are associated with chronic disability, diminished quality of life and high health-care costs. Treatment is often slow, difficult and recurrence is high because of inappropriate conditions of the wound bed. Patients and Methods: This study involves 14 patients with chronic venous ulcers larger than 100 cm\textsuperscript{2} treated with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). Patients underwent a radical debridement of all devitalized tissues and partial stripping of an insufficient great saphenous vein in the first operation. After adequate haemostasis, NPWT kit was applied. Once the wounds were determined to be clean and adequate granulation tissue formation was achieved, split-thickness skin grafts were applied. Dressing impregnated with neutral triglycerides and silver ions was used as a first layer and the black polyurethane NPWT foam was applied over it. The pain assessment was performed for 7 patients using 10 cm visual analog scale (VAS). Results: The mean number of NPWT dressing changes prior to grafting was 5.8. The mean number of NPWT foam changes was 2.8 after skin grafting. We accomplished complete healing of 92\% of applied skin grafts surface. One patient had recurrence of venous ulcers in the follow-up period. Moreover, one patient required regrafting. Conclusions: The application of NPWT provides quick wound-bed preparation and high graft take in venous ulcer treatment.
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