New techniques in wound management: vacuum-assisted wound closure

LX Webb - JAAOS-Journal of the American Academy of …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
… with traditional methods of wound management. Vacuum-assisted wound closure (VAC) was
… the effects of pulling on the tissue of a wound cavity by means of suction. VAC exposes the …

Wound closure techniques for total knee arthroplasty: an evidence-based review of the literature

VE Krebs, RK Elmallah, A Khlopas, M Chughtai… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
… This literature review is aimed at identifying the different methods for superficial and deep
wound closure in total knee arthroplasty and evaluating their outcomes. We evaluated (1) …

Cutaneous wound closure materials: an overview and update

L Al-Mubarak, M Al-Haddab - Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
… There are many advantages of tissue adhesives over suturing and other methods of wound
closure, such as a lower infection rate, less operating room time, good cosmetic results, …

Principles of wound closure

M Hussey, M Bagg - Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Methods of wound closure have advanced over the last … of the newer advancements in wound
dressings and soft tissue … any open wound to achieve a stable durable wound closure that …

A comparison of three methods of wound closure following arthroplasty: a prospective, randomised, controlled trial

RJK Khan, D Fick, F Yao, K Tang… - The Journal of Bone …, 2006 - boneandjoint.org.uk
… Randomised, controlled trials in orthopaedics are uncommon, 1 and none has studied
different techniques of wound closure. The advent of more rapid rehabilitation and quicker …

Evaluation of a novel technique for wound closure using a barbed suture

AP Murtha, AL Kaplan, MJ Paglia, BB Mills… - Plastic and …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
… for surgical incisions is fast and easy to perform, provides optimal wound apposition with …
wound closure methods may be more time consuming than alternative wound closure methods. …

Defining complete wound closure: closing the gap in clinical trials and practice

L Gould, WW Li - Wound Repair and Regeneration, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… We investigate how wound closure is determined in recent randomized controlled wound trials
… We propose a comprehensive wound assessment method for clinical trials that involves a …

Vacuum-assisted closure: a new method for wound control and treatment: clinical experience

LC Argenta, MJ Morykwas - Annals of plastic surgery, 1997 - journals.lww.com
… -assisted wound closure technique and device, (The vacuum-assisted wound closure device …
The technique of vacuum-assisted closure was devised to facilitate wound treatment for a …

Vacuum-assisted closure: a new method for wound control and treatment: animal studies and basic foundation

MJ Morykwas, LC Argenta… - Annals of plastic …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
wound closure device and methodology |The VAC] are … a method to expedite the rate of
healing by secondary intention, particularly in compromised and debilitated patients. The method

New technologies for burn wound closure and healing—review of the literature

BS Atiyeh, SN Hayek, SW Gunn - Burns, 2005 - Elsevier
Methods for handling burn wounds have changed in recent decades. Increasingly, aggressive
surgical approach with early tangential excision and wound closure … alternative methods