Use of gauze-based negative pressure wound therapy in a pediatric burn patient

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Psoinos, Charles M ^a   Ignotz, Ronald A ^a   Lalikos, Janice F ^a   Fudem, Gary ^a   Savoie, Paul ^a   Dunn, Raymond M ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Negative pressure; Pediatric; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN PATIENT; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BANDAGES; BURNS; BUTTOCKS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POLYURETHANES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 71649096060     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Vikatmaa P., Juutilainen V., Kuukasjarvi P., et al. Negative pressure wound therapy: a systematic review on effectiveness and safety. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 36 4 (2008) 438-448
2. Bookout K., et al. Case study of an infant, a toddler, and an adolescent treated with a negative pressure wound treatment system. J WOCN 31 4 (2004) 184-192
3. Babak A., et al. Lymphorrhea responds to negative pressure wound therapy. J Vasc Surg 45 (2007) 610-613
4. Gabriel A., et al. Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation: a pilot study describing a new method for treating infected wounds. Int Wound J 5 3 (2008) 399-413
5. Vidrine D.M., et al. A comparison of negative-pressure dressing versus bolster and splitting of the radial forearm donor site. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 133 3 (2005) 403-406
6. Argenta L.C., et al. Vacuum-assisted closure: a new method for wound control and treatment: clinical experience. Ann Plast Surg 38 (1997) 563
7. Waner M.B., et al. Vacuum-assisted wound closure for cheaper and more comfortable healing of pressure sores: a prospective study. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 37 (2003) 28-33
8. Chariker M.E., et al. Effective management of incisional and cutaneous fistulae with closed suction wound drainage. Contemp Surg 34 (1989) 59-63
9. Campbell P.E., et al. Retrospective clinical evaluation of gauze-based negative pressure wound therapy. Int Wound J 5 (2008) 280-286
10. Caniano D.A., et al. Wound management with vacuum-assisted closure: experience in 51 pediatric patients. J Pediatr Surg 40 (2005) 128-132
11. Chariker M.E., et al. An algorithmic approach to the use of gauze-based negative-pressure wound therapy as a bridge to closure in pediatric extremity trauma. J Plast Reconst Surg 123 5 (2009) 1510-1520
12. McCord S.S., et al. Negative pressure therapy is effective to manage a variety of wounds in infants and children. Wound Rep Reg 15 (2007) 296-301
13. Butter A., et al. Vacuum-assisted closure for wound management in the pediatric population. J Pediatr Surg 41 5 (2006) 940-942
14. Schintler M. The use of topical negative pressure in a pediatric patient with extensive burns. Burns 31 (2005) 1050-1053
15. Simman R., et al. A comparative histological study of skin graft take with tie-over bolster dressing verses negative pressure wound therapy in a pig model. Wounds 16 2 (2004) 76-80
16. Thompson G. An overview of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). Br J Community Nurs 2008;13(6):S23-4, S26, S28-30.
17. Moues C.M. The role of topical negative pressure in wound repair: expression of biochemical markers in wound fluid during wound healing. Wound Rep Reg 16 (2008) 488-494
18. Sussman C., and Bates-Jensen B. Wound care: a collaborative practice manual for health professionals (third edition) (2006), Lippincot Williams & Wilkins 298
19. Gwosdow A.R., et al. Evaporative water losses through a temporary wound dressing under simulated wound conditions. J Burn Care Rehabil (1993) 450-454