title: [Treatment of acute and chronic osteomyelitis with negative pressure wound therapy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.
authors.forename: Yan-bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhi-jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Jian-bing
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: 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