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[Treatment of acute and chronic osteomyelitis with negative pressure wound therapy]
Yan-bin Tan1, Hang Li, Zhi-jun Pan
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.
Objective:
To investigate the treatment of acute and chronic osteomyelitis with negative pressure wound therapy.
Method:
Thirty cases of acute and chronic osteomyelitis were treated with negative pressure wound therapy, assisted with debridement, autodermoplasty and myo-cutaneous flap surgery.
Results:
No evidence of relapse was found in all cases treated with negative pressure wound therapy. All the patients were followed up, range from 6 to 23 months, the average was 13.6 months.
Conclusion:
The negative pressure wound therapy maybe a simple, effective and inexpensive method, and could be one of the favorable therapy in the treatment of acute and chronic osteomyelitis.
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