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Increased limb vascularity
3%
40/1385
Decreased hospital stay
2%
26/1385
Decreased bacterial count
6%
80/1385
Decreased need for repeat débridement
4%
59/1385
Accelerated granulation tissue formation
85%
1171/1385
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The development of negative pressure dressings has been a significant advance in wound management. These devices remove excess interstitial fluid, which promotes increased local vascularity and, with mechanical deformation of cells from the negative pressure, accelerates granulation tissue formation. A negative pressure dressing does not substitute for thorough surgical débridement; it has not been shown to decrease bacterial counts within the wound or decrease overall length of hospital stays.
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