BACKGROUND Recently, a new device, the Versajet, involving "Hydrosurgery Technology" which combines lavage and sharp debridement instrumentation has been described for soft tissue debridement. METHODS The Versajet Hydrosurgery System utilizes a reusable power console with foot pedal activation, disposable handpiece and tubing assembly in conjunction with sterile saline and standard waste rece...

OBJECTIVE To review the current evidence on the mechanism of actions and clinical applications of maggot debridement therapy. DATA SOURCES Literature search of PubMed and Medline was performed up to January 2007. STUDY SELECTION Original and major review articles related to maggot debridement therapy were reviewed. Key words used in the literature search were 'maggot debridement therapy', '...

In a prospective randomised trial 76 knees with isolated degenerative changes in the medial femoral condyle of grades 3 or 4 were treated by either arthroscopic debridement (40) or washout (36). All knees were followed up for at least one year and 58 for five years. The mean follow-up time was 4.5 years in the debridement group and 4.3 years in the washout group. At one year 32 of the debrideme...

BACKGROUND Low-velocity pelvic gunshot injuries occur commonly in urban trauma centers, occasionally involving concomitant intestinal viscus injury leading to potential fracture site contamination. Surgical debridement of the fractures may be necessary to prevent osteomyelitis, although not routinely performed in many centers. The purpose of this study was to determine whether fracture debridem...

Volumetric muscle loss (VML) injuries present chronic loss of muscle fibers followed by expansive fibrotic tissue deposition. Regenerative medicine therapies are under development to promote regeneration. However, mitigation of the expansive fibrous tissue is required for integration with the remaining muscle. Using a porcine VML model, delayed debridement of injury fibrosis was performed 3 mon...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of various treatment options for sternoclavicular joint osteomyelitis. We evaluated patients with a diagnosis of sternoclavicular joint osteomyelitis, treated at our hospital from 2002 to 2012. Four treatment options were compared. Three out of twelve patients were successfully cured with antibiotics alone (25%). Debridement with or witho...

Fibular allograft combined with impaction bone grafting is an effective hip preserving method that be employed for avoiding the total hip replacement in the early stage of the femoral head necrosis. However, whether thorough debridement should be used with FAIBG is controversial. Thorough debridement can better protect the anterolateral column and reduces the necrosis area of stress concentrati...

*Corresponding author Abstract There are numerous evidence-based wound debridement techniques that promote wound healing. However, some of these techniques may cause discomfort and pain for the patient and can be costly for the health care provider. A new, non-invasive wound debridement technique known as low-frequency ultrasonic debridement (LFUD) has been used for the removal of unhealthy tis...

Presenter: Steven C. Cunningham MD | St. Agnes Hospital Center Background: Acute pancreatitis results in nearly 250,000 annual admissions at a cost of over $2 billion. Necrosis complicates as many 20% to 30% these cases and is common severe acute (SAP), associated with markedly increased morbidity, mortality, cost, on average. Walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN) one sequela SAP often requires...

Purpose To report the outcome of self-retained amniotic membrane after debridement in recurrent dendritic keratitis. Observations A 70-year-old female with a recurrent dendritic corneal ulcer received debridement followed by placement of self-retained amniotic membrane. Five days after treatment, the patient experienced a complete resolution of symptoms, marked reduction of inflammation, comp...