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Or Vac Sat dressings are for the treatment of the "Open Traumatic Fracture" situation. this is becoming a very popular way of treating the open wound after debridement of the fractured bone and soft tissue.
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Application of the dressing can become very fiddly, but it is far more patient friendly to the wound it's self. An asceptic sponge is cut to size and placed within the open wound itself and covered with the manufactors air tight adesive covering (opsite) a small incision is made above the opsite for a tube to be resting above the incision and again this is air tight sealed. The sponge has a small tube attached within, as to allow Antibiotics to flow over the wound for an hour, then the drip is stopped by the pump and suction is applied to with draw all the remaining fluids from the wound for 3 hours. Results can be seen after a few days, with this system being applied whilst the new external-orthofix is in place it is a good start for the initial healing to take place before the Ilizarov Frame is applied (if this is the choice of treatment).
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