An Alternative Treatment Strategy for Complicated Chronic Wounds: Negative Pressure Therapy over Mesh Skin Graft

Table 1

Pain relief in patients during 10 weeks valued with VAS.

Patient	Time 0	1 week	4 weeks	5 weeks	6 weeks	Pain
1	7	−3	−4	—	—	0
2	6	−2	−4	—	—	0
3	7	−1	−6	—	—	0
4	8	−2	−6	—	—	0
5	6	−3	−3	—	—	0
6	7	−1	−6	—	—	0
7	8	−3	−5	—	—	0
8	6	−3	−3	—	—	0
9	7	−1	−1	−1	−4	0
10	8	+1	−1	−3	−5	0
11	8	−1	−1	−1	−5	0
12	8	−1	−1	−2	−4	0
13	7	−1	−1	−2	−3	0
14	7	0	−1	−3	−5	0
15	6	0	−2	−1	−3	0
16	8	−1	−2	−3	−2	0
17	8	0	−1	−3	−4	0
18	7	−1	−1	−2	−3	0
19	8	−2	−1	−1	−4	0
20	7	+1	−2	−2	−4	0
21	9	0	0	−3	−5	5
22	8	0	−1	−2	−5	0
23	6	0	−1	−3	−4	0
Mean	7.26	−1.04	−2.3	−2.1	−4