AU - Ploumis, Avraam AU - Mpourazanis, George AU - Martzivanou, Christina AU - Mpourazanis, Pantelis AU - Theodorou, Areti TI - The Role of Vacuum Assisted Closure in Patients with Pressure Ulcer and Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - World-J-Plast-Surg JN - World-J-Plast-Surg VO - 8 VI - 3 IP - 3 4099 - http://wjps.ir/article-1-541-en.html 4100 - http://wjps.ir/article-1-541-en.pdf SO - World-J-Plast-Surg 3 ABĀ  - BACKGROUND Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) tend to develop pressure ulcers (PrUs) because of prolonged immobility. This study assessed the efficacy of vacuum assisted closure for healing of PrUs in individuals with SCI. METHODS In a systematic review, CINAHL, PubMed, Cochrane Clinical Trials, DARE, MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, Science Direct, PsycInfo and Spinal Cord Journal were searched in March 2019. The search combined related terms for pressure ulcer, spinal cord injury, and vacuum assisted closure. Each database was searched from its inception with no restrictions on year of publication. RESULTS The search yielded 7 studies for inclusion in a qualitative analysis. The studies included a variety of methodologies, specifically 2 randomized controlled trials, 2 assessor-blinded crossover and retrospective cohort study, 1 prospective non-randomized trial, 1 randomized case study and 1 case report. The meta-analysis was unsuccessful. Only descriptive results mean±SD were reported as well as time to heal and time to discharge after admission. CONCLUSION The studies that we included in our qualitative synthesis showed that vacuum assisted closure promoted the healing of PrUs in individuals with SCI. CP - IRAN IN - S. Niarchos Ave, Ioannina, Greece, 45110 LG - eng PB - World-J-Plast-Surg PG - 279 PT - Review Article YR - 2019