Ambulant vacuum-assisted closure of skin-graft dressing in the lower limbs using a portable mini-VAC device

Ambulant vacuum-assisted closure of skin-graft dressing in the lower limbs using a portable mini-VAC device

A skin graft may fail to adhere to the recipient site because of fluid collecting between the graft and thearea being treated. We have devised a simple procedure, consisting of a vacuum-sealed dressing, to fix skin grafts on the lower limbs. A fully portable, battery-operated aspirator continuously...

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Published in:British journal of plastic surgery Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 235 - 237
Main Authors: Sposato, Giovangustavo, Di Caprio, Giovanni, Scioli, Michelina, Ziccardi, Pasquale, Molea, Guido, La Rusca, Ivan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-04-2001
Elsevier
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Drainage
Female
Humans
Leg Ulcer - surgery
lower limb
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
skin graft
Skin plastic surgery
Skin Transplantation - instrumentation
Skin Transplantation - methods
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Technology. Biomaterials. Equipments
Vacuum
vacuum-assisted wound closure
vacuum-assisted wound closure
skin graft
lower limb
Human
Skin disease
Vacuum technique
Lower limb
Leg
Dressing
Portable
Treatment
Equipment
Surgery
Miniaturized
Graft
Ulcer
Technique
Suture
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Summary:A skin graft may fail to adhere to the recipient site because of fluid collecting between the graft and thearea being treated. We have devised a simple procedure, consisting of a vacuum-sealed dressing, to fix skin grafts on the lower limbs. A fully portable, battery-operated aspirator continuously draws secretions through a vacuum-sealed dressing, preventing accumulation of fluid underneath the graft. Patients are not confined to bed, thus reducing nursing time. The procedure was applied successfully in seven out of nine patients treated for ulcers of the lower limbs.
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ISSN:0007-1226
1465-3087
DOI:10.1054/bjps.2000.3537