[Treatment of acute and chronic osteomyelitis with negative pressure wound therapy].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the treatment of acute and chronic osteomyelitis with negative pressure wound therapy.


METHODS
Thirty cases of acute and chronic osteomyelitis were treated with negative pressure wound therapy, assisted with debridement, autodermoplasty and myo-cutaneous flap surgery.


RESULTS
No evidence of relapse was found in all cases treated with negative pressure wound therapy. All the patients were followed up, range from 6 to 23 months, the average was 13.6 months.


CONCLUSIONS
The negative pressure wound therapy maybe a simple, effective and inexpensive method, and could be one of the favorable therapy in the treatment of acute and chronic osteomyelitis.
Tan
Yan-bin
YB
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.
Li
Hang
H
Pan
Zhi-jun
ZJ
Zheng
Qiang
Q
Li
Jian-bing
JB
Feng
Gang
G
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001850:Bone Diseases, Infectious / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery