Open AccessCombined negative pressure wound therapy with open bone graft for infected wounds with bone defects: An experimental study
Author(s) -
Ramesh K. Jha,
Chengyan Xia,
Zonghuan Li,
Weiyang Wang,
Kai Deng
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/ortho.ijortho_220_16
Subject(s) - medicine , bioburden , negative pressure wound therapy , soft tissue , granulation tissue , surgery , wound healing , bone healing , orthopedic surgery , blood supply , pathology , alternative medicine
Bone and soft-tissue defects in infected wound have been an intractable problem to many surgical consultations. Infected wounds with bone defects are physical and financial burden to society. Nowadays, infected wounds with compound defect of bone and soft tissues are common in orthopedics department. Currently, no simple and efficient treatment has been found to solve this problem. This study investigates the effects of combining negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) with open bone graft on this focus.