Use of a home vacuum-assisted closure device in the burn population is both cost-effective and efficacious

Highlights • Analysis of home versus hospital VAC devices as bolsters for STSG of burns. • Home VAC devices are cost-effective and reliable STSG bolsters of burns. • Increasing access to home VAC devices is advantageous for burn grafting.

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Published in:Burns 2017-05, Vol.43 (3), p.490-494
Main Authors: Mushin, Oren P, Bogue, Jarrod T, Esquenazi, Mica D, Toscano, Nicole, Bell, Derek E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Body Surface Area
Burns - therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Critical Care
Female
Home Care Services - economics
Home VAC
Hospitalization - economics
Humans
hVAC
Infant
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Negative pressure wound therapy
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy - economics
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy - methods
Retrospective Studies
Skin graft
Skin Transplantation
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
VAC
Vacuum assisted closure device
Wound Healing
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Analysis of home versus hospital VAC devices as bolsters for STSG of burns. • Home VAC devices are cost-effective and reliable STSG bolsters of burns. • Increasing access to home VAC devices is advantageous for burn grafting.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2016.08.038