Archives of Reconstructive Microsurgery
- Volume 25 Issue 2
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- Pages.29-36
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- 2016
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- 2383-5257(pISSN)
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- 2288-6184(eISSN)
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Applied to a Meshed Split-Thickness Skin Graft
- Lee, Dong-Hun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
- Kim, Yu-Jin (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
- Received : 2016.04.24
- Accepted : 2016.07.28
- Published : 2016.11.30
Abstract
Purpose: Skin grafting is used for the transfer of cutaneous tissue from one site of the body to another. To improve graft survival, close contact between the graft and the wound bed is essential for vessels to grow across the gap. Here, we introduce an easy and efficient dressing method to improve graft survival. Materials and Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed to identify patients who underwent split thickness skin graft and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) or conventional treatment between January 2007 and April 2015. Overall, 25 consecutive patients were included in the NPWT group and 49 were included in the conventional dressing group to compare the outcome of the procedure. The data were obtained from medical records, including age, sex, cause of the skin defect, size of graft, time for healing, wound preparation time, and complications. Results: Of the NPWT group, the average wound size was