Bilayered negative-pressure wound therapy preventing leg incision morbidity in coronary artery bypass graft patients: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

The harvesting of great saphenous veins for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients may result in significant complications, including lymphorrhagia, lymphoedema, incision infection, wound dehiscence, and skin flap necrosis. We investigated the function of a self-designed bilayered negative pressure wound therapy (b-NPWT) for reducing the above-mentioned complications using a clinical randomized controlled trial.

Methods

A single-center, pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted. From December 2013 to March 2014, a total of 72 coronary heart disease patients (48 men and 24 women) received CABG therapy, with great saphenous veins were selected as grafts. Patients were equally randomized into a treatment and a control group. After the harvesting of the g

SUBMITTER: Yu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5279102 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature