Open AccessThe ‘French Fry’ VAC technique: hybridisation of traditional open wound NPWT with closed incision NPWT
Author(s) -
Chopra Karan,
Tadisina Kashyap K,
Singh Devinder P
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/iwj.12266
Subject(s) - medicine , negative pressure wound therapy , surgery , surgical wound , wound care , pathology , alternative medicine
Surgical site occurrences ( SSO ), specifically surgical site infections represent a significant burden in the US health care system. It has been hypothesised that postoperative dressing can help drive down SSO . We describe the successful use of a novel technique combining both closed incision and open negative pressure wound therapy in the management of a high‐risk wound associated with lymphoedema of obesity.