Treatment of a large defect of the chest wall in a child using a negative pressure wound dressing

Florent Bonnet Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]

Bernard Pavy Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France

Sylvie Beaudoin Departments of Paediatric Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France

Jean Dubousset Departments of Paediatric Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France

Marc Mitrofanoff Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France

Abstract

Vacuum-assisted closure(VAC®) is a simple wound healing tool in plastic surgery. We report a large thoracic defect in a child, in which the VAC® was used to cover an exposed polytetrafluoroethylene prosthesis. The VAC® saved the prosthesis and induced complete granulation of the wound, which healed completely in five weeks.

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