{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,10]],"date-time":"2025-01-10T05:12:15Z","timestamp":1736485935106,"version":"3.32.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Indian Orthopaedic Research Group","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Jocr"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction: Pressure injuries (PIs) continue to remain one of the most common and debilitating complications seen adding to the financial burden of the patients and caregivers. The available vacuum-assisted closure systems are expensive. In our case series, we have applied low-cost negative pressure dressing (NPD) for sacral PIs in five patients along with individualized rehabilitation protocol which resulted in accelerated healing of their PIs and improved functional outcome.\n\nMaterials and Methods: Five patients having PIs of Grade IV according to NPIAP classification in whom we applied NPD were included. Pressure ulcer scale for healing (PUSH), reduction of surface area of the wounds was recorded on a weekly basis. Functional independence measure (FIM) score of the patients was evaluated at admission and at discharge. Healing rate by means of PUSH score and surface area were recorded.\n\nResults: Improvement in FIM score from the time of admission till at discharge was calculated to be 42.86% with a standard deviation of 16.84. Healing rate by means of PUSH score was the highest for Patient C at 3.57% per week and in terms of surface area for Patient C at 5.44% per week.\n\nConclusion: Low-cost negative pressure device has been observed to be a safe and effective method of managing PIs. It prevents further infection and helps to optimize and accelerate healing in PIs with the additional advantage of being cost-effective and easy to apply.\n\nKeywords: Pressure injury, vacuum-assisted closure, low-cost negative pressure dressing, spinal cord injury, neurorehabilitation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.13107\/jocr.2025.v15.i01.5188","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,9]],"date-time":"2025-01-09T08:23:58Z","timestamp":1736411038000},"page":"241-246","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Role of Low-cost Negative Pressure Dressing in the Management of Sacral Pressure Injuries and its Impact on Functional Recovery in Neurorehabilitation: A Retrospective Case Series"],"prefix":"10.13107","volume":"15","author":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India,","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Arvind Kumar","family":"Sharma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kumari","family":"Sunaina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"name":"Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ivanah P","family":"Nongrum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India,","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Satyasheel Singh","family":"Asthana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India,","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"5271","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"container-title":["Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports"],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,9]],"date-time":"2025-01-09T08:23:58Z","timestamp":1736411038000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/jocr.co.in\/wp\/2025\/01\/01\/role-of-low-cost-negative-pressure-dressing-in-the-management-of-sacral-pressure-injuries-and-its-impact-on-functional-recovery-in-neurorehabilitation-a-retrospective-case-series\/"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.13107\/jocr.2025.v15.i01.5188","relation":{},"ISSN":["2321-3817"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2321-3817","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025]]}}}