Outpatient negative pressure dressing therapy for pretibial lacerations in a patient with high anaesthetic risk: a case study
Sutton, L.; Edwards, D.; McColl, M.
Journal of Wound Care 26(12): 762-764
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0969-0700 PMID: 29244964 Document Number: 694263
Pretibial lacerations are a common cause of presentation to accident and emergency departments. The management of these wounds is contentious with a variation in practise between individual institutions. We present the case of a 49-year-old female with a background of pulmonary atresia and associated pulmonary hypertension, who underwent successful outpatient negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for three pretibial lacerations. We would propose that this therapy is an effective option for the management of these wounds in independently mobile patients who are at high-risk when under anaesthetic.