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Fig. 2

From: Preoperative irrigation and vacuum sealing drainage with antibiotic-containing drainage fluid of foot and ankle wounds improves outcome of reconstructive skin flap surgery

Fig. 2

a Wound changes before and after PI-VSD application. Squeezing the soft tissue defect, the wound is red and swelling and has a smell (left side). After radical debridement through PI-VSD for 1 week, the wound is clean, the granulation tissue is fresh, and the infection is controlled (right side). b Quantitative bacterial before and after PI-VSD application. The quantitative bacterial before and after PI-VSD application is 0.9 × 107 cfu/g (10,000×) (left side) and 6.5 × 104 cfu/g (100×) (right side). The bacterial quantity is obviously reduced

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X