Comparative study of vacuum-assisted closure therapy versus vacuum-assisted closure therapy supplemented with vitamin C in compound wound healing

Authors

  • Sachin Kale Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Raju Patil Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Joydeep Kumar Dey Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Manan B. Paneliya Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Suraj Doshi Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Ravi Rajan Modi Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2455-4510.IntJResOrthop20230004

Keywords:

VAC therapy, Vitamin C., Wound healing

Abstract

Background: It is imperative for early and precise management of the compound wound for preventing further complication and delaying definitive management. As we all know superiority of vacuum assisted closure (VAC) therapy in wound management over any other method, but adding vitamin C has been shown to accelerate wound healing, reducing hospital stay, and cost of management and prevention of delaying definitive management of wound due to some conspicuous property of vitamin C that serve as superior adjuvant in wound healing.

Methods: A case series of 40 patients who have been inflicted with compound wounds with most following road traffic accidents. We then categorised patients and tried to observe any difference in rate of satisfactorily healing of wound with 20 patients put on VAC therapy alone and other 20 patients put on VAC therapy supplemented with vit C.

Results: Patients who were undergoing VAC dressing and supplemented with vitamin C, not only portrayed a better result of wound healing but also reduced the amount of vacuum dressing sittings.

Conclusions: It was observed that, in general, patients who were undergoing VAC dressing and supplemented with vitamin C, not only portrayed a better result of wound healing but also reduced amount of vacuum dressing sittings, improved rate of granulation tissue, reduced hospital stay, early definitive fixation of associated fracture and skin grafting and showed superior outcomes in terms of better tissue recovery.

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2023-01-07

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