Incisional vacuum-assisted wound closure in morbidly obese patients undergoing acetabular fracture surgery
Robert N Reddix1, Holly K Tyler, Brenda Kulp
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. onyxno7@msn.com
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
|November 14, 2009
Abstract:
We studied the effect of incisional vacuum-assisted closure (IVAC) on wound complications (dehiscences, infections) associated with surgical treatment of acetabular fractures in morbidly obese patients (body mass index, >40 kg/m(2)). No wound complications were found in 19 consecutive patients over 5 years of IVAC use. IVAC is an attractive treatment adjunct for minimizing postoperative wound complications in morbidly obese patients undergoing acetabular fracture surgery.
