51. Use of Cellutome for the healing of venous or mixed ulcers
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Sophie Blaise, Hervé Maillard, Julie Journet Tollhupp, Jean-Paul Lembelembe, Priscille Carvalho Lallement, Blandine Vinceneux Talvande, and Gilles Safa
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Dermatology ,Varicose Ulcer ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Healing rate ,medicine ,Humans ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Wound Healing ,030504 nursing ,business.industry ,Conventional treatment ,Original Articles ,Skin Transplantation ,Middle Aged ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Female ,France ,0305 other medical science ,Wound healing ,business - Abstract
Venous or mixed ulcers are common and invalidating. Cutaneous transplants may be necessary if conventional treatment is ineffective. We evaluated the performance of Cellutome in promoting the healing of venous or mixed ulcers 2 months after grafting. This was a retrospective, multi‐centric, descriptive study of patients who had a venous or mixed ulcer for at least several months and who received an autologous skin graft using the Cellutome system at least 2 months before. The principle evaluation criterion was the state of the wound after 2 months (completely healed vs not healed). The secondary evaluation criterion was the percentage of wound healing after 2 months. A total of 47 patients were included in the study. The ulcers had evolved over an average of 18 months. The average surface area was 13.37 cm(2). After 2 months, the grafts of 26 of 47 patients (55.3%) were completely healed. The grafts of 21 patients (44.6%) were not completely healed but showed an average rate of healing of 51%. Use of the Cellutome system for epidermal transplants promoted complete or improved healing after 2 months for 55.3% of patients with chronic venous or mixed ulcers. The limited data on the rate of healing of conventional transplants in the literature report rates of approximately 50%. The Cellutome system may therefore be of interest as the healing rate is similar to that of conventional techniques, but using a much simpler, painless procedure on an outpatient basis.
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- 2018