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NEW TOOL FOR WOUND ASSESSMENT – IMPACT ON THE
CHOICE OF TREATMENT STRATEGIESMARCUS GÜRGEN
SENIOR CONSULTANT SURGEONOUTPATIENT WOUND CLINIC/DEPT. OF
SURGERY
SØRLANDET HOSPITAL FLEKKEFJORD / NORWAY
NORDIC SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM 07.10.2005
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GRACE
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IS THERE IMPROVEMENT?
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WOUND ASSESSMENT
LENGTH , WIDTH, DEPTH,AREA;
OTHER PARAMETERS (EG pH)
WOUND DIAGNOSIS
APPEARANCE OF WOUND BED, WOUND
EDGES AND SURROUNDING
SKIN
FACTORS IMPAIRING
WOUND HEALING
PROGNOSIS
DOCUMENTATIONWOUND ASSESSMENTWOUND ASSESSMENT
ADAPTED FROM FLANAGAN 2003, KRASNER AND RIJSWIJK 1994
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THE ROLE OF WOUND ASSESSMENT
• Reaching diagnosis• Providing baseline data to which
future data can be measured• Monitoring the effect of treatment• Predict the outcome • Important to have a standardized
assessment tool• ”You can’t manage what you don’t
measure”
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WOUND HEALING
I= WOUND AREAII= CONTRACTIONIII= EPITHELIALIZATION
ADAPTED FROM NOCKEMANN PF: DIE CHIRURGISCHE NAHT. THIEME, STUTTGART 1980
Mechanisms providingcontraction:•Fibrine drying (day 3-5)•MyofibroblastsFactors impairing contraction:•Ischemia•Hypoproteinaemia•Old age•Infection•Necrosis•Foreign bodies•Localisation of the wound•Radiation / cytostatic or immunocomprimising medication
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THE ROLE OF WOUND ASSESSMENT IN WBP
TISSUEMANAGEMENT
INFECTIONCONTROL
MOISTUREBALANCE
EPIDERMALADVANCEMENT
T I M E
WOUND ASSESSMENTIDENTIFY BARRIERS TO HEALING
TREATMENT DECISION
HEALINGASSESSMENT
ADAPTED FROM MOORE 2005
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PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS
• The rate of healing in the early stages can provide information on the likelihood of total healing
• Sheehan et al. 2003: diabetic ulcers (12 w)• Kantor and Margolis 2000: venous ulcers (24
w)• Kantor and Margolis 2000: Percent reduction
of area from week 0 to week 4 is a significant prognostic factor
• Gelfand et al. 2002: 68% of all wounds which showed 28,8% area reduction in the first 4 weeks of treatment healed within 24 weeks
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MEASUREMENT OF WOUND AREA
• One observable outcome of underlying cellular events in wound healing is contraction and migration of the epidermis over healthy granulation tissue = wound margins reaching the centre of a wound
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METHODS
• Length x width (linear measurement)• Tracing and counting squares (area)• Digital planimetry (area)• Tracing using grids, scanner and
equivalent software (area)• 3-D-analysis using laser• Volume measurement (molding material,
Kundin device)• Stereophotogrammetry• Ultrasoundscanning
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METHODS
Schultz G, Mozingo D, Romanelli M, Claxton K. Wound healing and TIME; new concepts and scientific applications. Wound Rep Regen 2005;13(4):S1-11
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KEEP IT SIMPLE…
… AND PRECISE!
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DIGITAL PLANIMETRY
• VISITRAK™• Tracing grid is placed over
the wound• Wound margins are traced
on the upper layer of the grid• Grid is placed on the battery
operated digital unit and transferred to the unit by retracing the perimeter with a stylus so the underlying sensor records wound perimeter
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ADVANTAGES
• Area, length and width are measured
• Calculation of percent area change possible
• Necrotic areas can be measured
• Area calculations with 94 – 98 % accuracy
• Includes software for storage of data and wound healing curves
• Safe to use • Easy to use• High intrarater
reliability• Non-invasive• Portable• Permanent copy for
patient journal• Helps to get the
patient informed• Fair price
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DISADVANTAGES
• Sometimes difficult to determine wound edges
• Vapor on the backside of the tracing sheets
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EXAMPLE
28,6 % area reduction after 17 days
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MEASUREMENTS OF 92 WOUNDS
VISITRAK™ VS. COUNTING SQUARES
n=92 Same area measured with counting squares and Visitrak™: 13
Counting squares
0,5 cm² - 149 cm² 7,5 cm²
Visitrak™ 0,3 cm² - 130,8 cm²
7,2 cm²
%-difference
0 - 60
Mean difference = 0,78 cm²
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INITIAL ASSESSMENT WOUND AREA A๐
NEW ASSESSMENT WOUND AREA Aı
% REDUCTION A๐/Aı
CHOICE OF TREATMENT
20-40 % <20 % NO CHANGE/INCREASE
CONTINUE SAME TREATMENT, WOUNDLIKELY TO HEAL WITHIN 24 WEEKS
CONTINUE SAMETREATMENT,RE-ASSESSMENT WITHIN 4 WEEKS
RE-ASSESSMENT
ADVANCED TREATMENTOPTIONS
WOUND BED PREPARATION
4WEEKS
ENDPOINT: WOUND CLOSURE
HEALING NOT HEALING
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47,2
27,1 25,421,4
0
10
20
30
40
50
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
WEEKS
CM
2
47,2 cm²27,1 cm²Δ 43,6%
25,4 cm²Δ 6,3%
21,4 cm²Δ 15,8%
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WOUND HEALING CURVES
• Wound healing is not a linear process
• Different types of wounds heal at different rates
• Data on wound healing can be obtained by regularly measuring wounds with a standardized method
• Would allow better prediction of healing
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
4 8 12 16 20 24
WEEKS
%
VENOUS ULCERS DIABETIC ULCERS
PERCENTAGE OF ULCERS HEALED AFTER 4 TO 24WEEKS OF GOOD WOUND CARE
ADAPTED FROM KANTOR J, MARGOLIS DJ. EXPECTED HEALING RATESFOR CHRONIC WOUNDS. WOUNDS 2000; 12(8):155-158
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BETTER CLINICAL PRACTICEFLANAGAN 2004
IMPROVED WOUND MEASUREMENT
PREDICTION OF HEALING RATES
IMPROVED DOCUMENTATION
IMPROVED DECISION-MAKING
IMPROVED PATIENT OUTCOMES
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CONCLUSIONS
• Epidermal advancement is a parameter which is easy to measure
• There is evidence that %-change of area can be used as a prognostic indicator
• Wound measurement should be simple and reliable
• Results of wound measurement help us to make decisions in wound treatment
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THANK YOU!
ØVERLI
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NIFS-SEMINAR 2006
• TOPIC: ”If wounds are not healing”• WHERE: SAS Radisson Hotel, Tromsø / Norway• WHEN: February 2nd and 3rd, 2006• INFORMATION: Guro Vaagbø, Seksjon for hyperbar
medisin, Haukeland Universitetssykehus, N-5021 Bergen; http://www.nifs-saar.no