Application of topical negative pressure (vacuum-assisted closure) to split-thickness skin grafts: A structured evidence-based review

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-29

  Azzopardi, Ernest Anthony ^a,b   Boyce, Dean E ^b   Dickson, William A ^b   Azzopardi, Elayne ^c   Laing, James Hamish Ellsworth ^b   Whitaker, Iain S ^b   Shokrollahi, Kayvan ^b,d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

negative pressure wound therapy; split thickness skin graft; topical negative pressure; VAC

Indexed keywords

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84871545086     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31826eab9e     Document Type: Review

References (49)

1. Corry A, Feighery C, Alderdice D, et al. Irish Association of Dermatologists Spring Meeting, Waterford, 23 April 2010. Br J Dermatol. 2010;163: 438-445.
2. Zgonis T, Orphanos J, Roukis T, et al. Use of a muscle flap and a split-thickness skin graft for a calcaneal osteomyelitis after an open reduction and internal fixation. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2008;98: 139.
3. Wood P. Compartment syndrome. In: Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery in Clinical Practice (pp.103-107). London: Springer; 2009.
4. James SE, Booth S, Gilbert P, et al. Clinical approaches to skin regeneration. In: Strategies in Regenerative Medicine. New York, NY: Springer; 2009: 1-33.
5. Morykwas MJ, Argenta LC, Shelton-Brown EI, et al. Vacuum-assisted closure: a new method for wound control and treatment: animal studies and basic foundation. Ann Plast Surg. 1997;38;553-562.
6. Argenta LC, Morykwas M, Marks M, et al. Vacuum-assisted closure: state of clinic art. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006;117: 127S-142S.
7. Wackenfors A, Sjögren J, Gustafsson R, et al. Effects of vacuum-assisted closure therapy on inguinal wound edge microvascular blood flow. Wound Repair Regen. 2004;12: 600-606.
8. Saaiq M, Hameed Ud D, Khan MI, et al. Vacuum-assisted closure therapy as a pretreatment for split thickness skin grafts. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2010; 20: 675-679.
9. Dainty LA, Bosco J, McBroom J, et al. Novel techniques to improve split-thickness skin graft viability during vulvo-vaginal reconstruction. Gynecol Oncol. 2005;97: 949-952.
10. Weinfeld AB, Kelly P, Yuskel P, et al. Circumferential negative-pressure dressing (VAC) to bolster skin grafts in the reconstruction of the penile shaft and scrotum. Ann Plast Surg. 2005;54;178-183.
11. Strauss S, Scott Richardson W, Glasziou P, et al. Evidence Based Medicine. 3rd ed. Edinburgh, UK: Churchill Livingstone; 2005.
12. Greenhalgh T. How to Read a Paper-The Basics of Evidence Based Medicine. London, England: BMJ Publishing Group; 2001.
13. Sackett DL, Rosenberg WM. The need for evidence-based medicine. J R Soc Med. 1995;88: 620-624.
14. Public Health Resource Unit, E. Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) making sense of evidence, 10 questions to help you make sense of qualitative research. In: Critical Appraisal Skills Program. Vol. 2009. Oxford: Oxford University; 2006.
15. Rees C. Evidence-based practice: what is it and why does it matter? Scot J Healthcare. 1999;2: 11-14.
16. Phillips P, Ball C, Sacket D, et al. Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medi-cine-levels of evidence (March 2009). In: Phillips P, ed. Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. Vol. 2009. Hierarchy of Evidence Levels. Oxford: University of Oxford; 2001.
17. Azzopardi EA, McWilliams B, Iyer S, et al. Fluid resuscitation in adults with severe burns at risk of secondary abdominal compartment syndromeVan evidence based systematic review. Burns. 2009;35: 911-920.
18. Chen SZ, Li J, Li XY, et al. Effects of vacuum-assisted closure on wound microcirculation: an experimental study. Asian J Surg. 2005;28: 211-217.
19. Saxena V,Huang C,HuangS, et al. Vacuum-assisted closure: microdeformations of wounds and cell proliferation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004;114: 1086-1096; discussion 1097-1088.
20. Moues CM, Vos MC, van den Bemd GJ, et al. Bacterial load in relation to vacuum-assisted closure wound therapy: a prospective randomized trial. Wound Repair Regen. 2004;12: 11-17.
21. Swinscow T, Campbell M. Statistics at Square One. London, England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group; 2001.
22. Crombie, I. The Pocket Guide to Critical Appraisal. London, England: British Medical Journal Publishing Group; 1999.
23. Philbeck TE Jr, Whittington KT, Millsap MH, et al. The clinical and cost effectiveness of externally applied negative pressure wound therapy in the treatment of wounds in home healthcare Medicare patients. Ostomy Wound Manage. 1999;45: 41-50.
24. Liu M, Skinner SJ, Xu J, et al. Stimulation of fetal rat lung cell proliferation in vitro by mechanical stretch. Am J Physiol. 1992;263: L376-L383.
25. Bishop JE, et al. Cyclic mechanical deformation stimulates human lung fi-broblast proliferation and autocrine growth factor activity. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 1993;9: 126-133.
26. Liu M, Tanswell A, Post M. Mechanical force-induced signal transduction in lung cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 1999;277: L667-L683.
27. Sadoshima J, Izumo S. The cellular and molecular response of cardiac myo-cytes to mechanical stress. Annu Rev Physiol. 1997;59: 551-571.
28. Liu M, Post M. Invited review: mechanochemical signal transduction in the fetal lung. J Appl Physiol. 2000;89;2078-2084.
29. Peake M. University of Keele (2001).
30. Peake M, Cooling L, Magnay J, et al. Selected contribution: regulatory pathways involved in mechanical induction of c-fos gene expression in bone cells. J Appl Physiol. 2000;89: 2498-2507.
31. Peake M, El Haj A. Preliminary characterisation of mechanoresponsive regions of the c-fos promoter in bone cells FEBS Lett. 2003;537: 117-120.
32. Crombie I. A Pocket Guide to Critical Appraisal. Dundee: BMJ Publishing Group; 2008.
33. Brandes S. Urethral Reconstructive Surgery. New Jersey: Humana Press, Springer Science & Business Media; 2008.
34. Henderson NJ, Fancourt M, Gilkison W, et al. Skin grafts: a rural general surgical perspective. ANZ J Surg. 2009;79: 362-366.
35. Thourani V, Ingram W, Feliciano D. Factors affecting success of split-thickness skin grafts in the modern burn unit. J Trauma. 2003;54: 562.
36. Blume PA, Key JJ, Thakor P, et al. Retrospective evaluation of clinical outcomes in subjects with split-thickness skin graft: comparing V.A.C. therapy and conventional therapy in foot and ankle reconstructive surgeries. Int Wound J. 2010;7: 480-487.
37. Janzekovic Z. A new concept in the early excision and immediate grafting of burns. J Trauma. 1970;10: 1103-1108.
38. Thorne C, Bartlett S, Beasley R, et al. Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery. London, UK: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006.
39. Blackburn JH 2nd, Boemi L, Hall WW, et al. Negative-pressure dressings as a bolster for skin grafts. Ann Plast Surg. 1998;40: 453-457.
40. Senchenkov A, Knoetgen J, Chrouser KL, et al. Application of vacuum-assisted closure dressing in penile skin graft reconstruction. Urology. 2006;67: 416-419.
41. Stetter C, Plaza T, von den Driesch P. Skin grafting of a chronic leg ulcer with combined Versajet-V.A.C. therapy. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2006;4: 739-742.
42. Scherer LA, Shiver S, Chang M, et al. The vacuum assisted closure device: a method of securing skin grafts and improving graft survival. Arch Surg. 2002;137: 930-933; discussion 933-934.
43. Hallberg H, Holmstrom H. Vaginal construction with skin grafts and vacuum-assisted closure. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2003;37: 97-101.
44. Carson SN, Overall K, Lee-Jahshan S, et al. Vacuum-assisted closure used for healing chronic wounds and skin grafts in the lower extremities. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2004;50: 52-58.
45. Schneider AM, Morykwas MJ, Argenta LC. A new and reliable method of securing skin grafts to the difficult recipient bed. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998; 102: 1195-1198.
46. Moisidis E, Heath T, Boorer C, et al. A prospective, blinded, randomized, controlled clinical trial of topical negative pressure use in skin grafting. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004;114: 917-922.
47. Simman R, Forte R, Silverberg B. A comparative histological study of skin graft take with tie-over bolster dressing versus negative pressure wound therapy in a pig model: a preliminary study. Wounds. 2000;16: 76.
48. Llanos S, Danilla S, Barraza C, et al. Effectiveness of negative pressure closure in the integration of split thickness skin grafts: a randomized, double-masked, controlled trial. Ann Surg. 2006;244: 700-705.
49. Moher D, Schulz KF, Altman DG, et al. The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2001;91: 437-442.