No Cost Vacuum-assisted Closure Therapy in Government Hospital
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 6
Abstract
Majority of the patients in India who avail facilities in government hospitals belong to low socioeconomic status. The incidence of diabetic foot cases in government hospitals is showing an increasing trend. The standard treatment for diabetic foot is thorough surgical debridement followed by daily antiseptic dressings. In the management of diabetic foot abscess, if controlled negative pressure is applied after surgical debridement healing process would be faster than conventional therapy. Negative pressure wound therapy is a newer non-invasive adjuvant therapy system that uses controlled negative pressure using vacuum-assisted closure device (VAC) to promote healing process. Use of VAC therapy reduces the hospital stay, thereby reducing the overall cost to the patient. However, the high cost of VAC therapy unit and disposables become a constraint in using this modality in government hospitals with limited resources. In view of this, a simple but novel technique is developed using suction apparatus and other disposables which are readily available in all government hospitals including Primary Health Centres with good outcome.
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Goparaju Shanti Kumar
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