• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100038, P.R.China;
WANG Jiangning, Email: dlwangjn@vip.sina.com
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ObjectiveTo evaluate the clinical value of skin stretching device in repair of diabetic foot wound.MethodsA retrospective analysis was made on the clinical data of 48 cases with diabetic foot wound who were treated with skin stretching device (trial group, n=24) and with the vacuum sealing drainage combined with skin graft (control group, n=24) respectively between October 2015 and July 2016. There was no significant difference in gender, age, side, course of disease, TEXAS stage between 2 groups (P>0.05). Both patients in 2 groups were treated with sensitive antibiotics according to the results of bacterial culture.ResultsOne case in control group was infected and the skin graft failed, and 1 case in trial group was infected after the treatment, and the two wounds healed after symptomatic treatment. The wounds of the other patients healed successfully, and the healing time of the trial group was significantly shorter than that of the control group [(12.8±11.6) days vs. (22.3±10.4) days; t=2.987, P=0.005). All patients were followed up 3-12 months after operation, and no wound dehiscence or recurrence occurred during follow-up.ConclusionCompared with the vacuum sealing drainage combined with skin graft, the application of skin stretching device in the repair of diabetic foot wound has advantages, such as easy to operate, shorten the wound healing time, and the appearance of wound was similar with the adjacent skin.

Citation: GAO Lei, WANG Shuo, WANG Lei, WANG Jiangning. Application of skin stretching device in repair of diabetic foot wound. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2018, 32(5): 591-595. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.201801104 Copy

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