Vacuum-assisted Closure in Orthopedics / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To observe the effect of vacuum-assisted closure in clinical persistent infection patients.METHODS Thirty two sufferers infected in soft tissue,bones and joints were treated by general methods but without durable concrescence.It lasted averagely 138 days.In our department it treated by vacuum-assisted closure in 23 days.Thereby a comparison of self-control came into being.RESULTS Thirty two cases were cured after following at least one year except for one case with recrudescence.CONCLUSIONS Vaccum-assisted closure is the most effective surgery therapy measurement and is a kind of unidirectional drainage.If we can use it felicitously then we can treat infection in orthopedics′ effectively.