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Case Reports
Gauze-based negative pressure wound therapy: a valid method to manage pyoderma gangrenosum.
- Marco Fraccalvieri, Maria Teresa Fierro, Marco Salomone, Paolo Fava, Enrico M Zingarelli, Giovanni Cavaliere, Maria G Bernengo, and Stefano Bruschi.
- Plastic Surgery Department, University of Turin, San Giovanni Battista di Torino, Via Cherasco 23, Turin, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Dermatology, University of Turin, San Giovanni Battista di Torino, Via Cherasco 23, Turin, Italy.
- Int Wound J. 2014 Apr 1; 11 (2): 164-8.
AbstractPyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an uncommon ulcerative, non-infective chronic inflammatory skin disorder of unknown aetiology. Systemic therapies are necessary to control the associated medical diseases, and, due to the inflammatory nature of PG, topical or systemic immunosuppressant agents are effective, but wound healing is usually slow. Negative wound pressure therapy (NPWT) has become an important tool for the management of complex skin ulcers, and usage in PG has been recently described in the literature: we present four cases of classic PG in which NPWT in association with systemic therapy achieved wound healing and a drastic pain reduction.© 2012 The Authors. International Wound Journal © 2012 Medicalhelplines.com Inc and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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