Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Lower Limb Amputation Patients - A Case Control Trial

Brendan Chan, David W Shields, Helen Findlay, Ashish Mahendra and Sanjay Gupta
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Brendan Chan: University of Glasgow Medical School, University Avenue, UK
Sanjay Gupta: Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology, UK

Juniper Online Journal of Orthopedic & Orthoplastic Surgery, 2018, vol. 1, issue 4, 73-77

Abstract: Limb amputation is a major life changing surgery used in many disciplines as a planned primary procedure or as a salvage procedure in tumours, trauma, and peripheral vascular disease. However, amputation carries a high rate of wound complications such as infection, dehiscence, and impaired healing. These complications may result in further surgical intervention, prolonged hospitalisation, and decreased quality of life for patients. Whilst the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the treatment of chronic wounds has demonstrated improved wound outcomes by increased wound healing, wound shrinkage, and decreasing wound oedema; literature for the use of NPWT in amputations is scarce.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/JOJOOS.2018.01.555569

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