Open AccessCOMPARATIVE STUDY OF ROLE OF WOUND OUTCOME IN VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE OF WOUNDS TO CLASSICAL (MOIST) WOUND CLOSURES
Author(s) -
Arti Kumari,
Atul Vyas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i6.1961
Subject(s) - granulation tissue , medicine , surgery , wound closure , granulation , wound healing , materials science , composite material
Background & Method: This study is conducted at General Surgery department of Index Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Indore (M.P.) To Analysis of wound outcome in Vacuum assisted closure of wounds in comparison to classical (moist) wound closure in terms of rate of granulation tissue formation, culture at presentation, complications and recommendations. The wound of the patient was assessed by measuring the maximum length and maximum width of the wound. Then on day 7th, 14th and day 21st, the maximum length and maximum width of the granulation tissue covering the same wound was measured.
Result: In Group I Mean age of patients is 39 ± 13 years and in Group II it is 42 ± 14 years. In Group I and Group II there is no difference in the gender wise distribution. The most common disease in both the groups I and II is bed sore followed by compound fractures. The most common organism on culture in group I is S. aureus (9) followed by polymicrobial growth (7), and in group II is S. aureus (10) followed by E.coli (7). The average rate of granulation in group I on day 7th is 27.63 ± 23.23, on day 14th it increased to 35.92 ± 25.75, and on day 21st it further increased to 65.6 ± 15.20. The average rate of granulation in group II on day 7th is 31.34 ± 18.22, on day 14th it is increased to 57.4 ± 17.55, and on day 21st it further increased to 75.16 ± 6.732. Group I had higher number of complications (8) in comparison to group II (6). There is no complication in 44 patients of group II and 42 patients of group I.
Conclusion: In our present study it was concluded that the rate of granulation tissue formation was better in the VAC group in comparison to the conventional dressing group. Vacuum assisted closure dressing was found to be totally safe, although technically demanding. Thus, we conclude that the surgeon’s discretion is very much needed in VAC being the choice of dressings in certain wounds and where there is much difficulty in performing VAC dressings, the conventional dressings should be the choice.
Keywords: wound, vacuum, moist & outcome.