"Limb-salvage" is a social problem that is rapidly increasing, both in Italy and in the rest of world. Today, as in earlier times, the main causes of open wounds are traumas and such injuries are mainly of II and III stage of Gustilo's classification. Nowadays, the use of modern techniques determined a further dramatic reduction in the infection rates and, above all, in the risk of limb amputation. The most important techniques include: V.A.C. therapy (vacuum assisted closure); PRP gel (platelet-rich plasma gel); hyperbaric oxygen therapy. We treated 4 patients with high energy acute trauma through the combined and innovative use of advanced dressings. The authors report their experience and a brief review of the literature as contribution in regards to treatment of complex wounds of the limbs.

Traumatic complex wounds, multidisciplinary approach: our experience in a case series / Assenza, Marco; L., Valesini; Monacelli, Giampaolo; A., Antoniozzi; G. C., Ferrazza; Usai, Valentina; V., Romeo; Modini, Claudio. - In: LA CLINICA TERAPEUTICA. - ISSN 0009-9074. - 161:3(2010), pp. E95-E99.

Traumatic complex wounds, multidisciplinary approach: our experience in a case series.

ASSENZA, Marco;MONACELLI, Giampaolo;USAI, VALENTINA;MODINI, Claudio
2010

Abstract

"Limb-salvage" is a social problem that is rapidly increasing, both in Italy and in the rest of world. Today, as in earlier times, the main causes of open wounds are traumas and such injuries are mainly of II and III stage of Gustilo's classification. Nowadays, the use of modern techniques determined a further dramatic reduction in the infection rates and, above all, in the risk of limb amputation. The most important techniques include: V.A.C. therapy (vacuum assisted closure); PRP gel (platelet-rich plasma gel); hyperbaric oxygen therapy. We treated 4 patients with high energy acute trauma through the combined and innovative use of advanced dressings. The authors report their experience and a brief review of the literature as contribution in regards to treatment of complex wounds of the limbs.
2010
prp gel; damage control; traumatic complex wound; vac therapy
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Traumatic complex wounds, multidisciplinary approach: our experience in a case series / Assenza, Marco; L., Valesini; Monacelli, Giampaolo; A., Antoniozzi; G. C., Ferrazza; Usai, Valentina; V., Romeo; Modini, Claudio. - In: LA CLINICA TERAPEUTICA. - ISSN 0009-9074. - 161:3(2010), pp. E95-E99.
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