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Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and Classical Wet to Moist Dressing (WtM) in the Treatment of Complicated Extremity Wounds in Children
Treating complicated wounds in the pediatric population using traditional wet to moist wound dressing methods is not always appropriate due to the frequent need to change dressings daily or even a number of times a day, causing distress to the patient. Topical negative pressure is a method that allo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832427 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020298 |
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author | Slavkovic, Milan Zivanovic, Dragoljub Dučić, Siniša Lasić, Valentina Bukvić, Nado Nikolić, Harry Martinović, Vlatka |
author_facet | Slavkovic, Milan Zivanovic, Dragoljub Dučić, Siniša Lasić, Valentina Bukvić, Nado Nikolić, Harry Martinović, Vlatka |
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description | Treating complicated wounds in the pediatric population using traditional wet to moist wound dressing methods is not always appropriate due to the frequent need to change dressings daily or even a number of times a day, causing distress to the patient. Topical negative pressure is a method that allows for fewer dressings and provides localized benefits, thus accelerating wound healing. The merits of this therapy have been proven in studies on adults, but research on the pediatric population is scarce. Here we intend to present the results of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on 34 pediatric patients (study group) and compare them with 24 patients (control group) treated with the traditional wet to moist dressing for complicated wounds. The results show that topical negative pressure wound therapy is a safe method that downgrades a wound from a complicated to a simple one and allows definitive coverage using a simpler technique with fewer wound dressings. The scars of the patients in the study group exhibited a better result on a visual scar scale. The patients in the control group had a shorter hospital stay. Based on the recorded results, we were able to make treatment recommendations. |
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spelling | pubmed-99555832023-02-25 Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and Classical Wet to Moist Dressing (WtM) in the Treatment of Complicated Extremity Wounds in Children Slavkovic, Milan Zivanovic, Dragoljub Dučić, Siniša Lasić, Valentina Bukvić, Nado Nikolić, Harry Martinović, Vlatka Children (Basel) Article Treating complicated wounds in the pediatric population using traditional wet to moist wound dressing methods is not always appropriate due to the frequent need to change dressings daily or even a number of times a day, causing distress to the patient. Topical negative pressure is a method that allows for fewer dressings and provides localized benefits, thus accelerating wound healing. The merits of this therapy have been proven in studies on adults, but research on the pediatric population is scarce. Here we intend to present the results of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on 34 pediatric patients (study group) and compare them with 24 patients (control group) treated with the traditional wet to moist dressing for complicated wounds. The results show that topical negative pressure wound therapy is a safe method that downgrades a wound from a complicated to a simple one and allows definitive coverage using a simpler technique with fewer wound dressings. The scars of the patients in the study group exhibited a better result on a visual scar scale. The patients in the control group had a shorter hospital stay. Based on the recorded results, we were able to make treatment recommendations. MDPI 2023-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9955583/ /pubmed/36832427 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020298 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Slavkovic, Milan Zivanovic, Dragoljub Dučić, Siniša Lasić, Valentina Bukvić, Nado Nikolić, Harry Martinović, Vlatka Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and Classical Wet to Moist Dressing (WtM) in the Treatment of Complicated Extremity Wounds in Children |
title | Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and Classical Wet to Moist Dressing (WtM) in the Treatment of Complicated Extremity Wounds in Children |
title_full | Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and Classical Wet to Moist Dressing (WtM) in the Treatment of Complicated Extremity Wounds in Children |
title_fullStr | Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and Classical Wet to Moist Dressing (WtM) in the Treatment of Complicated Extremity Wounds in Children |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and Classical Wet to Moist Dressing (WtM) in the Treatment of Complicated Extremity Wounds in Children |
title_short | Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and Classical Wet to Moist Dressing (WtM) in the Treatment of Complicated Extremity Wounds in Children |
title_sort | comparison of negative pressure wound therapy (npwt) and classical wet to moist dressing (wtm) in the treatment of complicated extremity wounds in children |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832427 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020298 |
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