title: Wound healing and cost-saving benefits of combining negative-pressure wound therapy with silver.
abstract: A 20-patient case series is presented, demonstrating the incorporation of a silver antimicrobial negative-pressure dressing and a negative-pressure wound therapy device for improved healing outcomes, decreased nursing time expenditure, and decreased cost expenditure.
authors.affiliation: Jeffrey C. Karr, DPM, is a podiatrist; Fernando Loret de Mola, MD, is a physician; Tri Pham, MD, is a physician; and Leslie Tooke, RN, is a registered nurse, all at The Wound Care Center at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida.
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Karr
authors.forename: Fernando Loret
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: de Mola
authors.forename: Tri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tooke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000191:economics; D017046:Cost Savings; D003646:Debridement / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018030:Silver Compounds