title: Combination of negative pressure wound therapy and acoustic pressure wound therapy for treatment of infected surgical wounds: a case series.
abstract: The optimal wound therapy for healing infected wounds post surgery or surgical debridement has not been established. Negative pressure wound therapy and acoustic pressure wound therapy are advanced wound-healing modalities that apply forms of mechanical pressure to wound tissue in an effort to promote healing by stimulating cellular proliferation. Using a combination of negative pressure wound therapy and acoustic pressure wound therapy was evaluated in a series of six patients with large, infected surgical wounds presenting with moderate to large amounts of serosanguineous drainage. After concurrent treatment with both modalities (range: 4 to 12 weeks), wound volume was reduced by 99% to 100% in all wounds except one wound for which depth at end of treatment was not measurable due to hypergranulation. Similarly, wound surface area was reduced by 82% to 100%, with the exception of the hypergranular wound, which decreased in size by 60%. Serosanguineous wound drainage was reduced in four wounds and remained unchanged in two wounds.
authors.affiliation: Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital, Haverhill, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Liguori
authors.forename: Kim L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Jolene M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bowers
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D013492:Suppuration; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*