Role of Indigenous VAC System in Management of Crush Foot Injury in a Rural Setting
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Crush injury to any part of the body in a rural setting possess its own challenges in its management calling for economical and innovative modalities. Crush injuries are on the increase globally more so in India. Wound management in such cases calls for indigenous or modern techniques in a modified manner are to be used for early and optimal crush injury management to include applied bio-mechanics, Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC), Split Skin Graft (SSG), with customized orthosis and prosthesis. Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC) therapy has come a long way for optimizing wound management and was used for 10 cases for foot crush injuries to suit the local milieu.
Authors and Affiliations
Siddarath Sinha, P D Poonekar, Ram Kunmar, Saurabh Kumar
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- EP ID EP532043
- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.3.050
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