Open AccessFactors affecting postmusculoskeletal tumour surgery wound problem treatment with negative pressure wound therapy
Author(s) -
Baysal Özgür,
Sağlam Fevzi,
Akgülle Ahmet Hamdi,
Sofulu Ömer,
Yiğit Okan,
Şirin Evrim,
Erol Bülent
Publication year - 2020
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.13326
Subject(s) - medicine , negative pressure wound therapy , surgery , wound care , intensive care unit , wound healing , soft tissue , burn wound , intensive care medicine , pathology , alternative medicine
The aim of the study is to investigate the risk factors identified in literature that have been associated with prolonged Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT). Our study included patients who developed local wound problems after bone or soft tissue sarcoma surgery with negative margin at our clinic between 2012 and 2018 and treated with NPWT. All patients were followed up of at least 6 months. Sex, albumin level, skin infiltration, type of wound problem, postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) requirement, and intraoperative blood loss were found to be influential factors on NPWT > 10 sessions. We conclude that treatment may be prolonged and the necessary precautions need to be taken in patients with an impaired preoperative nutritional condition, with intraoperative high amount of blood loss, and with long postoperative stays in the ICU as well as if the underlying cause for wound problem is an infection.