• Department of Pediatric Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
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Objective To discuss nursing measures and experiences for children with extensive skin avulsion injury of lower limbs treated by vacuum sealing drainage (VSD). Methods We reviewed the perioperative nursing data of 48 child patients with extensive skin avulsion injury in lower limbs who underwent VSD treatment between December 2010 to October 2012. And the data were compared with those for 56 children with the same disease and treatment between January 2007 and November 2010. Results In these 48 children, 19 received once, 23 received twice, and 6 received 3 times of vacuum sealing drainage. During the treatment, 5 drainage tubes were blocked and were solved with normal saline, and 3 drainage tubes had leakage and two of them were reconnected and the other one became normal after changing the dressing. For VSD, the time between being wounded and skin-grafting was 13.6 days, and the average hospitalization time was 24.3 days. Compared with the traditional method group, children in the VSD group had fewer drug changes during hospitalization, lower infection rate, and shorter hospitalization stay, and the differences were significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Keeping drainage tube airtight, normal and effective is as important as nutrition and mental nursing in the treatment of children's extensive skin avulsion injury in lower limbs, which can decrease infection rate, reduce average hospitalization time, and increase operative efficacy.

Citation: TONGYing, FUHuan, FENGLi-wei, CAOFang-fang. Perioperative Nursing for Children with Extensive Skin Avulsion Injury in Lower Limbs Treated by Vacuum Sealing Drainage. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(1): 110-113. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140033 Copy

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