Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4119957 | Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryNegative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a useful wound dressing that can be applied to a wide variety of wounds. Patients with ischaemic wounds, however, may experience further necrosis with NPWT at the commonly recommended pressure of −125 mm Hg. We hypothesized that with a suction pressure of −125 mm Hg, tissue pressure will likely occlude most of the capillaries adjacent to the wound edge. Therefore, we treated three patients with ischaemic wounds using low-pressure NPWT at −50 mm Hg. All wounds healed successfully without further necrosis at the wound edge.
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Authors
Yoshiaki Kasai, Hitoshi Nemoto, Naohiro Kimura, Yoshinori Ito, Noriyoshi Sumiya,