Lawrence A Lavery1, Kathryn E Davis2, Javier La Fontaine2, J David Farrar3, Kavita Bhavan4, Orhan K Oz5, Peter A Crisologo6. 1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75219, USA. Electronic address: larry.lavery@utsouthwestern.edu. 2. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75219, USA. 3. Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75219, USA. 4. Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease University of Texas Southwestern Medical 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, 75219, Texas, USA. 5. Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75219, USA. 6. Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75219, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML 0513, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA. Electronic address: crisolpa@ucmail.uc.edu.
Abstract
AIM: To compare the efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) with and without irrigation with 0.1% polyhexanide-betaine. METHODS: We randomized 150 subjects in a 16-weekRCT to compare healing in patients with diabetic foot infections. NPWT delivered at 125 mm Hg continuous pressure. NPWT-I were administered at 30 cc per hour. RESULTS: There were no differences clinical treatment or outcomes: wound area after surgery (18.5 ± 19.0 vs. 13.4 ± 11.1 cm2, p = 0.50), duration of antibiotics (39.7 ± 21.0 vs. 38.0 ± 24.6 days, p = 0.40), number of surgeries (2.3 ± 0.67 vs. 2.2 ± 0.59, p = 0.85), duration of NPWT (148.1 ± 170.4 vs. 114.5 ± 135.1 h, p = 0.06), healed wounds (58.7% vs. 60.0%, p = 0.86), time to healing (56.3 ± 31.7 vs. 50.7 ± 27.8, p = 0.53), length of stay (13.8 ± 6.4 vs. 14.5 ± 11.2 days, p = 0.42), re-infection (20.0% vs. 22.7%, p = 0.69, and re-hospitalization (17.3% vs. 18.7, p = 0.83). CONCLUSIONS: The addition of irrigation to NPWT did not change clinical outcomes in patients with diabetic foot infections. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: NCT02463487, ClinicalTrials.gov.
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AIM: To compare the efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) with and without irrigation with 0.1% polyhexanide-betaine. METHODS: We randomized 150 subjects in a 16-week RCT to compare healing in patients with diabetic foot infections. NPWT delivered at 125 mm Hg continuous pressure. NPWT-I were administered at 30 cc per hour. RESULTS: There were no differences clinical treatment or outcomes: wound area after surgery (18.5 ± 19.0 vs. 13.4 ± 11.1 cm2, p = 0.50), duration of antibiotics (39.7 ± 21.0 vs. 38.0 ± 24.6 days, p = 0.40), number of surgeries (2.3 ± 0.67 vs. 2.2 ± 0.59, p = 0.85), duration of NPWT (148.1 ± 170.4 vs. 114.5 ± 135.1 h, p = 0.06), healed wounds (58.7% vs. 60.0%, p = 0.86), time to healing (56.3 ± 31.7 vs. 50.7 ± 27.8, p = 0.53), length of stay (13.8 ± 6.4 vs. 14.5 ± 11.2 days, p = 0.42), re-infection (20.0% vs. 22.7%, p = 0.69, and re-hospitalization (17.3% vs. 18.7, p = 0.83). CONCLUSIONS: The addition of irrigation to NPWT did not change clinical outcomes in patients with diabetic foot infections. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: NCT02463487, ClinicalTrials.gov.