ADVERTISEMENT
Dr. Paul Kim Discusses Clinical Implications and Considerations of Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation
In this video, Paul Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS, discusses the clinical implications and considerations of using negative pressure wound therapy with instillation in wound care.
Paul Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS, is a professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery and is the Medical Director of the Wound Program at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas. For more content, visit the Negative Pressure Wound Therapy topic center.
Transcript
My name is Paul Kim. I'm a professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas, and also the Medical Director of the Wound Program there. I think the most important thing is everybody believes in standard negative pressure wound therapy, and most people use it as their standard of care, in acute care settings in the hospital.
But what we'd like to convey is the amount of evidence that would suggest that negative pressure wound therapy with instillation is actually superior to that of standard negative pressure wound therapy. I think negative pressure wound therapy works, by the way. But I think it takes time for that to work.
And what we've seen with negative pressure wound therapy with instillation is a quicker conversion of the wound to a healthier state than if you were to use standard negative pressure wound therapy. There's lots of bacterial data also on instillation there. And it makes sense. You're washing out the wound periodically. That's better than a stagnant wound with a dressing over the top of it. So it's not only logical but there's now evidence to support it. So I think that's an important aspect that people should understand.
