TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of subatmospheric (VAC) therapy to improve bioengineered tissue grafting in diabetic foot wounds
AU - Espensen, Eric H.
AU - Nixon, Brent P.
AU - Lavery, Lawrence A.
AU - Armstrong, David G.
PY - 2002/7
Y1 - 2002/7
N2 - The use of bioengineered tissue and topical subatmospheric pressure therapy have both been widely accepted as adjunctive therapies for the treatment of noninfected, nonischemic diabetic foot wounds. This article describes a temporally overlapping method of care that includes a period of simultaneous application of bioengineered tissue (Apligraf, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, East Hanover, New Jersey) and subatmospheric pressure therapy delivered through the VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) system (KCI, Inc, San Antonio, Texas). Future descriptive and analytic works may test the hypothesis that combined therapies used at different and often overlapping periods during the wound-healing cycle may be more effective than a single modality.
AB - The use of bioengineered tissue and topical subatmospheric pressure therapy have both been widely accepted as adjunctive therapies for the treatment of noninfected, nonischemic diabetic foot wounds. This article describes a temporally overlapping method of care that includes a period of simultaneous application of bioengineered tissue (Apligraf, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, East Hanover, New Jersey) and subatmospheric pressure therapy delivered through the VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) system (KCI, Inc, San Antonio, Texas). Future descriptive and analytic works may test the hypothesis that combined therapies used at different and often overlapping periods during the wound-healing cycle may be more effective than a single modality.
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U2 - 10.7547/87507315-92-7-395
DO - 10.7547/87507315-92-7-395
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12122126
AN - SCOPUS:0036636699
SN - 8750-7315
VL - 92
SP - 395
EP - 397
JO - Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
JF - Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
IS - 7
ER -