The 'French Fry' VAC technique: Hybridisation of traditional open wound NPWT with closed incision NPWT

Karan Chopra; Kashyap K. Tadisina; Devinder P. Singh

doi:10.1111/iwj.12266

The 'French Fry' VAC technique: Hybridisation of traditional open wound NPWT with closed incision NPWT

Karan Chopra, Kashyap K. Tadisina, Devinder P. Singh

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Surgical site occurrences (SSO), specifically surgical site infections represent a significant burden in the US health care system. It has been hypothesised that postoperative dressing can help drive down SSO. We describe the successful use of a novel technique combining both closed incision and open negative pressure wound therapy in the management of a high-risk wound associated with lymphoedema of obesity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	216-219
Number of pages	4
Journal	International Wound Journal
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.12266
State	Published - Apr 1 2016

Keywords

Closed incision NPWT
French fry
Negative pressure wound therapy
Open wound NPWT
Surgical site infection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Dermatology

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