Vojnosanitetski pregled 2011 Volume 68, Issue 10, Pages: 846-850
https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP1110846D
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Using vacuum in the treatment of surgical wounds complications
Drašković Miroljub (Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za vaskularnu hirurgiju, Beograd)
Leković Ivan (Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za vaskularnu hirurgiju, Beograd)
Bjelanović Zoran (Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za vaskularnu hirurgiju, Beograd)
Mišović Sidor (Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za vaskularnu hirurgiju, Beograd)
Kozarski Jefta (Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za plastičnu hirurgiju i opekotine, Beograd)
Background/Aim. Using vacuum in medicine has been known from long ago,
however, it has not been used for the treatment of wounds. The first
experiments in this field were performed by Wagner Fleischmann, University of
Ulm, Ulm, West Germany, in 1993. The aim of this study was to present our
clinical experience with the treatment of surgical wounds complications in
vascular patients by the use of controled vacuum. Method. In a period October
2006 - December 2009 a total of 18 patients with infection and surgical wound
dehiscence were treated by the use of vacuum. Vacuum was applied to wounds by
placing a polyurethane sponge on them and by fixing a polyurethane foil and a
sponge to the surrounding healthy skin so to completely airtight wounds. Over
a foil vacuum of - 150 mmHg was applied for a 5-day period, and on the day 6
a foil and a sponge were removed. Results. In all the 18 wounds treated by
the use of vacuum secondary wound closing was achieved with no complications
and with a significantly shortened time period treatment. Wound infections
were healed using this method and only in 2 patients antibiotics were used at
the same time. Conclusion. The use of vacuum in the treatment of operative
wounds complications is an easy and reliable method contributing
significantly to wounds better healing.
Keywords: surgical wound infection, surgical wound dehiscence, wound healing, vacuum
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