Trauma wound healing using negative pressure therapy
Section: Hands on
How to quote
Díaz Estrella A, Vaz Rodríguez JA. Curación de herida traumatológica mediante terapia de presión negativa. Metas Enferm 2014; 17(1): 51-54.
Authors
1Ana Díaz Estrella, 2José Antonio Vaz Rodríguez
Position
1Enfermera de refuerzo. Hospital Ernest Lluch Martín, Calatayud (Zaragoza).2Enfermero de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Hospital Ernest Lluch Martín, Calatayud (Zaragoza).
Contact address
Ana Díaz Estrella. C/ Arquitecto Medarde, 17, 4º I. 50300 Calatayud (Zaragoza).
Contact email: anita_diaz84@hotmail.com
Abstract
VAC® (Vacuum Assisted Closure) is a negative pressure therapy or closed vacuum therapy that has resulted in a new paradigm for cure of various wound types.
Our work was aimed at demonstrating vacuum therapy effectiveness to treat complex wounds with a case presentation corresponding to a patient that was treated at the Department of Orthopedics, Hospital Ernest Lluch Martín, Calatayud, Zaragoza, Spain.
Wound characteristics are described: an infected wound in right lower limb in a 45-year-old patient. Applied therapy since hospital admission is reported. After a five-week unsuccessful course, vacuum therapy was applied. Operation and application processes are also described. Two weeks later, granulation tissue and gradual healing at distal margins were observed.
Patients, nursing staff, and system can all potentially benefit from vacuum therapy.
Keywords:
Negative pressure therapy; complex wounds; care; plastic surgerysurgical patient
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Título:
Curación de herida traumatológica mediante terapia de presión negativa
