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The ‘French Fry’ VAC technique: hybridisation of traditional open wound NPWT with closed incision NPWT |
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| Authors: | Karan Chopra Kashyap K Tadisina Devinder P Singh |
| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA;2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;3. College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Abstract: | Surgical site occurrences (SSO), specifically surgical site infections represent a significant burden in the US health care system. It has been hypothesised that postoperative dressing can help drive down SSO. We describe the successful use of a novel technique combining both closed incision and open negative pressure wound therapy in the management of a high‐risk wound associated with lymphoedema of obesity. |
| Keywords: | Closed incision NPWT Negative pressure wound therapy Open wound NPWT Surgical site infection French fry |