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A Comparative Study Between Vacuum Dressing and Normal Saline Dressing for Chronic Non-Healing Ulcers

Introduction Isn’t it a boon that all living organisms possess the ability to heal their injuries? The wound healing is faster when the normal physiology of the wound healing is maintained. Our understanding of wound healing has undergone dramatic changes in the recent past. Almost all materials and...

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Autores principales: M, Pragadheeswaran, P, Sankar lingam, Balan, Yuvaraj, Pyati, Anand K
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9074094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530827
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23870
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author M, Pragadheeswaran
P, Sankar lingam
Balan, Yuvaraj
Pyati, Anand K
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Balan, Yuvaraj
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description Introduction Isn’t it a boon that all living organisms possess the ability to heal their injuries? The wound healing is faster when the normal physiology of the wound healing is maintained. Our understanding of wound healing has undergone dramatic changes in the recent past. Almost all materials and methods available on earth have been used and tested to facilitate the process of wound healing. The mental agony and the disability suffered by patients with chronic ulcers have led to the reappraisal of the basic components of the wound healing process and how they are influenced by biological, mechanical, and physical forces. The Department of General Surgery in our Government Chengalpattu Medical College and Hospital, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India, admits and treats a large volume of patients with wounds and ulcers. Here many materials are being used regularly for dressing to make wound healing faster. Vacuum dressings were also done on many patients, and promising results were observed. This kindled our interest in conducting this prospective study and comparing wound healing with vacuum dressing versus normal saline dressing. Materials and methods A total of 74 patients were included in the study, out of which 37 patients were randomly included in the experimental group and vacuum dressing was done, while the other 37 included in the control group were treated with dressing done with normal saline moistened gauze and bandage roll. Rates at which the wound healed were compared. Results We were able to observe a statistically significant difference in the rate of appearance of granulation tissue between the two and increased clearance of bacteria and toxins. The study group promised better progress as compared to the control group in various aspects. Conclusion Vacuum dressing brings an obvious improvement in the healing of non-healing ulcers and decreases the overall duration of stay in the hospital.
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spelling pubmed-90740942022-05-06 A Comparative Study Between Vacuum Dressing and Normal Saline Dressing for Chronic Non-Healing Ulcers M, Pragadheeswaran P, Sankar lingam Balan, Yuvaraj Pyati, Anand K Cureus Plastic Surgery Introduction Isn’t it a boon that all living organisms possess the ability to heal their injuries? The wound healing is faster when the normal physiology of the wound healing is maintained. Our understanding of wound healing has undergone dramatic changes in the recent past. Almost all materials and methods available on earth have been used and tested to facilitate the process of wound healing. The mental agony and the disability suffered by patients with chronic ulcers have led to the reappraisal of the basic components of the wound healing process and how they are influenced by biological, mechanical, and physical forces. The Department of General Surgery in our Government Chengalpattu Medical College and Hospital, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India, admits and treats a large volume of patients with wounds and ulcers. Here many materials are being used regularly for dressing to make wound healing faster. Vacuum dressings were also done on many patients, and promising results were observed. This kindled our interest in conducting this prospective study and comparing wound healing with vacuum dressing versus normal saline dressing. Materials and methods A total of 74 patients were included in the study, out of which 37 patients were randomly included in the experimental group and vacuum dressing was done, while the other 37 included in the control group were treated with dressing done with normal saline moistened gauze and bandage roll. Rates at which the wound healed were compared. Results We were able to observe a statistically significant difference in the rate of appearance of granulation tissue between the two and increased clearance of bacteria and toxins. The study group promised better progress as compared to the control group in various aspects. Conclusion Vacuum dressing brings an obvious improvement in the healing of non-healing ulcers and decreases the overall duration of stay in the hospital. Cureus 2022-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9074094/ /pubmed/35530827 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23870 Text en Copyright © 2022, M et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Balan, Yuvaraj
Pyati, Anand K
A Comparative Study Between Vacuum Dressing and Normal Saline Dressing for Chronic Non-Healing Ulcers
title A Comparative Study Between Vacuum Dressing and Normal Saline Dressing for Chronic Non-Healing Ulcers
title_full A Comparative Study Between Vacuum Dressing and Normal Saline Dressing for Chronic Non-Healing Ulcers
title_fullStr A Comparative Study Between Vacuum Dressing and Normal Saline Dressing for Chronic Non-Healing Ulcers
title_full_unstemmed A Comparative Study Between Vacuum Dressing and Normal Saline Dressing for Chronic Non-Healing Ulcers
title_short A Comparative Study Between Vacuum Dressing and Normal Saline Dressing for Chronic Non-Healing Ulcers
title_sort comparative study between vacuum dressing and normal saline dressing for chronic non-healing ulcers
topic Plastic Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9074094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530827
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23870
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