BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of negative pressure therapy in the regeneration of the rabbit sciatic nerve using vacuum assisted closure (VAC). MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty male New Zealand white rabbits underwent surgical injury of the sciatic nerve, followed by negative pressure therapy using vacuum assisted closure (VAC), in three treatment groups: Group A: 0...

BACKGROUND Complex cranial wounds can be a problematic occurrence for surgeons. Vacuum-assisted closure devices have a wide variety of applications and have recently been used in neurosurgical cases involving complex cranial wounds. There is only one report regarding the use of a vacuum-assisted closure device with loss of dura mater. We report a complicated case of a necrotic cranial wound wit...

Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy is a widely acknowledged method for chronic and traumatic wound healing. The feasibility of VAC therapy used for the treatment of intestinal fistulas is still a subject of debate. Complex postoperative wounds pose significant therapeutic problems, especially when there are several fistula openings in the wound area and other sites, usually at the site of pr...

Technical aspects of composite arterial grafting with double skeleton-ized internal thoracic arteries. Bilateral skeleton-ised internal thoracic artery graftings in off-pump coronary artery bypass: early result of Y versus in situ grafts. results of coronary grafting using ultrasonically skeletonized internal thoracic arteries. We read with great interest the recent review from Dr. Ali and cowo...

colleagues in a recent issue of Critical Care [1]. Vacuumassisted closure (VAC) decompression is promising for the management of open abdomen, but our limited experience with this system suggests that dissemination of bacteria may occur. Recently, two patients were treated with VAC in our intensive care unit (ICU). Patient 1 was a 62-year-old man who was originally operated on for paraganglioma...

INTRODUCTION This is the fi rst prospective study done locally to determine the effectiveness of vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy in the healing of chronic diabetic foot ulcers. MATERIALS AND METHODS An electronic vacuum pump was used to apply controlled negative pressure evenly across the wound surface. Changes in wound dimension, presence of wound granulation and infection status of di...

Background: To assess the effectiveness of vacuum assisted closure (VAC) therapy for healing of infected wounds. Methods: In this prospective case-control study, total of 25 patients with chronic non-healing wounds were recruited. Before the application of VAC, surgical debridement was performed to remove all the devitalized necrotic tissues as per requirement and the wound was packed with povo...

Successful treatment of infected non union in long bone fractures has always been a challenge. Segmental excision followed by bone transport is one of the common modalities of treatment in such difficult cases. The soft tissue coverage of the resulting wounds was however not well described in the literature. The authors would like to report a simple technique that was used. After segmental bone...

Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a feared complication following cardiac surgery. This study describes clinical, microbiological, and treatment outcomes of DSWI and determines risk factors for complications. Of 55 patients with DSWI, 66% were male and mean age was 68.2 years. Initial sternotomy was for coronary artery bypass graft in 49% of patients. Sternal debridement at mean 25.4±18.3 ...