Negative pressure wound therapy in patients with diabetic foot
Author(s) -
Ali Engin Ulusal,
Mehmet Şükrü Şahin,
Betül Gözel Ulusal,
Gökhan Çakmak,
Cengiz Tuncay
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.3944/aott.2011.2283
Subject(s) - medicine , negative pressure wound therapy , surgery , diabetic foot , amputation , debridement (dental) , foot (prosody) , diabetic foot ulcer , diabetes mellitus , antibiotic therapy , antibiotics , linguistics , philosophy , alternative medicine , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , endocrinology
In this study our aim was to compare the results of standard dressing treatment to negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) performed with a vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device in patients with diabetic foot ulcers.
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