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- W Fleischmann, E Lang, and L Kinzl.
- Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie.
- Unfallchirurg. 1996 Apr 1;99(4):283-7.
AbstractBetween 1 January 1992 and 15 March 1994 25 patients with compartment syndromes of the lower limb were treated by the vacuum-sealing technique (VS). Ten out of 25 patients had multiple injuries. Eight compartment syndromes were located in the thigh, 14 in the lower leg and 3 in the foot. The average time of VS was 12.7 (4-31) days with 2.1 (1-8) changes per patient. The wounds were either closed by secondary suturing (n = 20) or by skin grafts after partial closure of the wounds by suturing (n = 5). One patient developed a superficial wound necrosis, which healed spontaneously without invasive surgical treatment. In 52 intraoperative swabs of the wound surface there was bacterial growth in five bacteriologic specimens, but there were no clinical signs of infection.
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