Use of negative pressure wound therapy as a bolster over skin grafts in patients with severe burn injuries at a tertiary care burn centre in India

• Main Authors: Rajpal Singh (Author), Deepak Tripathi (Author), S.P. Jaiswal (Author), Piyush Singh (Author), Tasvir Balar (Author), Chirag Viradiya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Management of deep burn requires aggressive debridement of non-viable burnt tissue and closure with skin grafts or flaps but challenge is to manage wound exudates and patient discomfort and to avoid shear force and pain cause by frequent dressing changes. This observational case series a...