The 'French Fry' VAC technique: hybridisation of traditional open wound NPWT with closed incision NPWT.
Surgical site occurrences (SSO), specifically surgical site infections represent a significant burden in the US health care system. It has been hypothesised that postoperative dressing can help drive down SSO. We describe the successful use of a novel technique combining both closed incision and open negative pressure wound therapy in the management of a high-risk wound associated with lymphoedema of obesity.
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.|Department of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Karan
K
Chopra
College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kashyap K
KK
Tadisina
Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Devinder P
DP
Singh
D000328:Adult; D001458:Bandages; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing
Closed incision NPWT; French fry; Negative pressure wound therapy; Open wound NPWT; Surgical site infection