Randomized comparative study of negative pressure wound therapy versus compression dressing on split-thickness skin grafts of the lower limbs in an elderly population.

Date publication

mai 2024

Journal

Expert review of medical devices

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr ZWETYENGA Narcisse

Tous les auteurs :
Moris V, Cristofari S, See LA, Guillier D, Zwetyenga N, Pluvy I

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38712592

Résumé

Failure to adequately secure the skin graft to the lower limbs recipient bed can result in loss of the graft. Our objective was to compare the healing of split-thickness skin grafts three weeks postoperatively, using either negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) or conventional compression bandaging.

Mots clés

NPWT therapy, Skin graft, compression dressing, elderly population, graft necrosis, lower limbs

Référence

Expert Rev Med Devices. 2024 05 7;:1-8