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1: Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1998;115:1197-9.

[Instillation vacuum sealing--report of initial experiences]

[Article in German]

Moch D, Fleischmann W, Westhauser A.

Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Krankenhaus Bietigheim, Bissingen.

Patients with acute (n = 13) or chronic (n = 14) infections were treated by the novel technique of instillation vacuum-sealing, which uses the PVA sponge as a drug-release system for antibiotic and antiseptic solutions. During a follow-up of 4.2 (3-14) months there was one recurrence of infection in a patient with chronic osteomyelitis.

PMID: 9931834 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]