The Experience Of Free Skin Grafts Fixed With Vacuum-assisted Closure On Extensive Ring Defect

Objective: To investigate clinical effect ofvacuum-assisted closure applied to fixed free skin graft forextensive ring defect, evaluate the value of use ofvacuum-assisted closure for securing free skin grafts a inextensive ring defect.Methods: Six patients of extensive ring defect woundunderwent free skin grafts placement in our department fromDecember2010to December2012. Grafts were fixed withvacuum-assisted closure, and we calculated the take rate of thegraft, estimate the clinical value of the vacuum-assistedclosure at securing shin grafts in patients who had extensivering defect.Results: The take rate of this six cases were91.3%,100.0%,95.5%,98.1%,97.3%,94.6%, and the average success rate was96.1%. All of these cases had no signs of infection. They onlyindicated slight pain and felt constrained within a limitedarea due to the length of the suction tube. Conclusions: Use of vacuum-assisted closure to safeguardimmobilization of the free skin graft had an efficient resultfor grafts on extensive ring defect in all these six cases.