The perioperative nursing effect of VSD closed negative pressure drainage in the treatment of emergency traumatic wound infection

This study aims to explore the perioperative nursing effect of vacuum sealing drainage closed negative pressure drainage in the treatment of emergency traumatic wound infection. A total of 116 patients with trauma-related wound infection were admitted to the Department of orthopedics and skin wound at our hospital from April 2021 to October 2022 were selected as the study subjects. They were divided into an observation group and a control group, with 58 patients in each group. Patients in the control group received traditional wound debridement, while patients in the observation group underwent debridement with the addition of vacuum-sealed drainage closed negative pressure. The treatment outcomes, pain levels, various treatment indicators, and wound healing conditions of the 2 groups were compared. The overall effective rate of treatment in the observation group was 93.10%, which was significantly higher than the control group's rate of 75.86% (P < .05). The Visual Analog Scale scores of patients in both groups were compared at 1 hour after treatment and 6 hours after treatment (P > .05). However, at 12 hours and 24 hours after treatment, the Visual Analog Scale scores of patients in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P < .05). The observation group of patients had fewer changes of dressings after treatment compared to the control group (P < .05). The wound healing time, antibiotic usage duration, and hospitalization time were all shorter in the observation group than in the control group (P < .05). The Bates-Jensen scores of both groups of patients before treatment were compared (P > .05). After treatment, the Bates-Jensen scores in both groups decreased, and the observation group had lower scores than the control group (P < .05). The use of vacuum sealing drainage closure therapy in patients with emergency trauma-related wound infections can alleviate pain, reduce the frequency of dressing changes, accelerate wound healing, and improve wound healing outcomes. It is worthy of clinical promotion.