A review of negative-pressure wound therapy in the management of burn wounds

A review of negative-pressure wound therapy in the management of burn wounds

Highlights • Negative pressure improves skin graft take when used as a bolster dressing. • Negative pressure may enhance dermal substitute integration (limited data). • Negative pressure may promote reepithelialization of donor sites (limited data). • Negative pressure may aid in management of large...

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Veröffentlicht in:Burns 2016-12, Vol.42 (8), p.1623-1633
Hauptverfasser: Kantak, Neelesh A, Mistry, Riyam, Halvorson, Eric G
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Burns
Burns - therapy
Critical Care
Dermal substitutes
Humans
Negative pressure wound therapy
Re-Epithelialization
Skin grafts
Skin Transplantation - methods
Skin, Artificial
Transplant Donor Site
Transplantation, Autologous - methods
VAC
Wound Healing
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Negative pressure improves skin graft take when used as a bolster dressing. • Negative pressure may enhance dermal substitute integration (limited data). • Negative pressure may promote reepithelialization of donor sites (limited data). • Negative pressure may aid in management of large burns (limited data). • Further studies are needed to establish the role of negative pressure in burns.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2016.06.011