2019
Strategies for Leg Amputation in Patients with Charcot’s Arthropathy
Chen J, Sumpio B. Strategies for Leg Amputation in Patients with Charcot’s Arthropathy. 2019, 195-203. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17918-6_16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNegative pressure wound therapyCharcot arthropathyMajor lower extremity amputationChallenging disease processLower extremity amputationPressure wound therapyProper wound healingExtremity amputationLeg amputationWound healing processWound therapyDisease processAmputationArthropathyWound healingPatientsLimbSpecial considerationEdemaHypervascularityPathophysiologyTherapy
2012
Contemporary Evaluation and Management of the Diabetic Foot
Sumpio BE. Contemporary Evaluation and Management of the Diabetic Foot. Scientifica 2012, 2012: 435487. PMID: 24278695, PMCID: PMC3820495, DOI: 10.6064/2012/435487.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiabetic footNegative pressure wound therapyMajor public health issueMainstay of therapyDiabetic foot diseaseGood functional outcomeHospitalization of patientsHealth care workersPressure wound therapyTreatment of infectionsMoist wound carePublic health issueComplex clinical problemWidespread clinical practiceAbnormal foot structureAggressive debridementSuperimposed infectionFrequent debridementLimb salvageFoot ulcersChronic inflammationCostly complicationFunctional outcomeFoot problemsIschemic limbs
2011
Negative pressure wound therapy as postoperative dressing in below knee amputation stump closure of patients with chronic venous insufficiency.
Sumpio B, Thakor P, Mahler D, Blume P. Negative pressure wound therapy as postoperative dressing in below knee amputation stump closure of patients with chronic venous insufficiency. WOUNDS A Compendium Of Clinical Research And Practice 2011, 23: 301-8. PMID: 25881107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNegative pressure wound therapyPostoperative negative pressure wound therapyChronic venous insufficiencyStump closureVenous insufficiencyAverage hospital stayPressure wound therapyOpen stumpHospital staySystemic complicationsAverage followPatient ageMorbidity outcomesRepeat proceduresCharcot diseasePostoperative dressingMedical recordsSuccessful closureWound therapyDefinitive closurePatientsPostsurgical dressingsValuable adjunctAverage durationWound closure
2010
Retrospective evaluation of clinical outcomes in subjects with split‐thickness skin graft: comparing V.A.C.® therapy and conventional therapy in foot and ankle reconstructive surgeries
Blume PA, Key JJ, Thakor P, Thakor S, Sumpio B. Retrospective evaluation of clinical outcomes in subjects with split‐thickness skin graft: comparing V.A.C.® therapy and conventional therapy in foot and ankle reconstructive surgeries. International Wound Journal 2010, 7: 480-487. PMID: 20825510, PMCID: PMC7951281, DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481x.2010.00728.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnkle reconstructive surgeryConventional therapyGraft survivalNPWT/ROCFClinical outcomesReconstructive surgerySplit-thickness skin graft survivalSplit-thickness skin graftNegative pressure wound therapyDuration of graftImproved graft survivalOverall graft takeVacuum-Assisted TherapySkin graft survivalPressure wound therapyGraft failureRetrospective reviewRetrospective studyOutpatient treatmentGraft takeSkin graftsCT groupWound therapyRetrospective evaluationLevel I
2008
Role of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Treating Peripheral Vascular Graft Infections
Sumpio BE, Allie DE, Horvath KA, Marston WA, Meites HL, Mills JL, Orgill DP, Salazar JD, Song DH, Toursarkissian B. Role of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Treating Peripheral Vascular Graft Infections. Vascular 2008, 16: 194-200. PMID: 18845099, DOI: 10.2310/6670.2008.00041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, TopicalAnti-Infective AgentsDiabetic FootFemaleGroinHumansMaleNegative-Pressure Wound TherapyOcclusive DressingsPeripheral Vascular DiseasesPractice Guidelines as TopicProsthesis-Related InfectionsSurgical FlapsSurgical Wound InfectionVascular Surgical ProceduresWound HealingConceptsNegative pressure wound therapyPressure wound therapyGroin infectionWound therapyRole of NPWTLarger subcutaneous vesselsVascular graft infectionVascular surgical proceduresDiabetic foot ulcersOpen abdominal woundsGraft infectionWound complicationsFoot ulcersSurgical closureTreatment modalitiesBody of evidenceVascular surgeryAbdominal woundsLarge blood vesselsConsensus panelSurgical proceduresSubcutaneous vesselsComplex woundsProblematic woundsClinical practice