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A comparative study of vacuum assisted closure dressing with conventional dressings in the management of infected wounds

Background In the whole world including India, incidence of infected wounds is increasing day by day. Trauma is the most common cause of wounds and number of other factors contribute to wound infection there on. Wound management and care thus carry an important role for such patients in the form of dressings, debridement etc. Many conventional dressings are being used these days, but vacuum assisted closure (VAC) dressing as widely gained acceptance now.

Methods Our study was conducted on 60 patients divided in 2 groups of 30 each to compare VAC dressing with conventional dressings.

Results There was significant difference in total hospital stay, no. of debridement done, granulation tissue fill up and graft take up in both groups, for example, the average hospital stay in group A was 21.8±7.61 and in group B was 26.47±9.55.

Conclusions So, VAC dressing was found to be more beneficial and patient friendly with lesser hospital stay and thus lesser cost than conventional dressings.