[Clinical observations of negative pressure wound therapy and basic fibroblast growth factor in the treatment of intractable pressure ulcer].

OBJECTIVE

To observe the clinical efficacies and costs of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in the treatment of stage III or IV pressure ulcer (PU).

METHODS

From July 2008 to December 2011, 48 patients fulfilling the study inclusion or exclusion criteria at Weihai Municipal Hospital were divided randomly into experiment and control groups (n=24 each). On the basis of routine treatment and NPWT of each inpatient, the patients in the experiment group were treated with bFGF. The changes of healing rate of PU were measured at Days 7 and 14 post-treatment in each group. Meanwhile, the granulation duration, preoperative time and total preoperative cost were compared.

RESULTS

The granulation duration, healing rate of Days 7 and 14, preoperative time and total preoperative cost in the experiment group was (10.8±2.7) days, 10.1%±2.9%, 22.3%±3.1%, (18.2±2.6) days and (7946±245) yuan RMB versus (16.3±3.9) days, 6.9%±1.9%, 13.4%±2.8%, (27.1±3.3) days and (10,951±285) yuan RMB in the control group respectively. The differences between two groups were statistically significant (all P<0.01).

CONCLUSION

As a preoperative therapeutic modality of intractable PU, NPWT and bFGF offer better therapeutic efficacies and lower therapeutic costs as compared with NPWT alone.