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Topic: Comparable Clinical Outcomes: Use of a gauze-based wound bed interface with negative pressure wound therapy
Clinical Problem: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has become an important addition to the many wound treatment options available to the clinician. While foam-based NPWT has dominated the market place for many years, the use of a gauze-based wound bed interface has shown comparable outcomes and clinical advantages. Currently there is a limited evidence base to support the use of a gauze-based wound bed interface with NPWT, however the goal of this study was to prove comparable outcomes and advantages.
Method: A retrospective study of thirty-four home health patients was conducted with the use of a gauze-based NPWT system for both acute and chronic wounds.
Results: Thirty-four patient case series were reviewed. Average days of therapy were thirty-eight days. Wound surface area reduction averaged 32.0 cm2 with improvement in granulation tissue formation.
Conclusions/Implications: Gauze-based NPWT systems can be used to address many of the treatment goals commonly defined at the onset of other NPWT systems including; reduction in wound surface area, and improvement in granulation tissue
Clinical Problem: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has become an important addition to the many wound treatment options available to the clinician. While foam-based NPWT has dominated the market place for many years, the use of a gauze-based wound bed interface has shown comparable outcomes and clinical advantages. Currently there is a limited evidence base to support the use of a gauze-based wound bed interface with NPWT, however the goal of this study was to prove comparable outcomes and advantages.
Method: A retrospective study of thirty-four home health patients was conducted with the use of a gauze-based NPWT system for both acute and chronic wounds.
Results: Thirty-four patient case series were reviewed. Average days of therapy were thirty-eight days. Wound surface area reduction averaged 32.0 cm2 with improvement in granulation tissue formation.
Conclusions/Implications: Gauze-based NPWT systems can be used to address many of the treatment goals commonly defined at the onset of other NPWT systems including; reduction in wound surface area, and improvement in granulation tissue