Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) is a severe peripheral artery disease with rest pain and lower limb ulceration. After revascularization, limb ulceration treatment should be completed quickly before restenosis. We aimed to investigate the effect of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell (NPWTi-d) using an antiseptic solution (AS) versus a saline solution (SS) in CLTI. There is no research limited to CLTI on this topic. METHODS: All patients underwent revascularization and surgical debridement. NPWTi-d was applied after surgical debridement. We evaluated wound tissue cultivation from pre- and post-NPWTi-d, length of NPWTi-d, and laboratory data pre- and post-NPWTi-d. All data are presented as the median, interquartile range. For univariate analysis, nonnormally distributed data were examined using the Wilcoxon rank sum test between the two groups of NPWTi-d (AS and SS group). A P value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Forty-eight CLTI patients participated. The SS group included 24 patients (19 men, five women, average age 68.8 years) and the AS group included 24 patients (16 men, eight women, average age 67.4 years). The comorbidities included 23 and 19 patients with diabetes mellitus and hemodialysis in the SS group, and 22 and 16 patients in the AS group, respectively. There were no adverse events in either group. Both groups reduced the number of bacteria. The AS group required shorter NPWTi-d time (P = 0.02). CONCLUSION: The AS group was able to shorten the treatment duration in CLTI.