Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Evidence Based Orthopaedics
Abstract number: 25195
THE USE OF A MINI HANDMADE DRAIN AFTER CHEVRON OSTEOTOMY
Christos LYRTZIS, Lazaros OIKONOMIDIS, Markopoulos NIKOLAOS, Christos
KRYSTALLIS
General Hospital of Kilkis, Kilkis (GREECE)
Introduction: Closed vacuum drains are used to remove body fluids, to prevent the
accumulation of blood and serous fluids and to improve wound healing and recovery.
Chevron osteotomy is performed to treat moderate hallux valgus deformities and it
can be complicated with hematoma, edema and infection. Aim: The purpose of this
study was to present the results of the use of a mini handmade drain in patients with
hallux valgus, who were treated with chevron osteotomy. Patients-Method Twenty
two patients underwent a chevron osteotomy. Twelve of them (group A) were treated
without insertion of any drain and ten of them (group B) with insertion of mini
handmade drain before wound closure. The drain was removed after 24 hours. The
postoperative management was the same for all of them. We evaluated the dressing
changes before suture removal, the days untill sutures removal, the rates of wound
erythema and infections, the postoperative hospital stay and the mean blood quantity
in the drain. Results: The use of this hand made drain results to fewer dressing
changes before suture removal (3,5/2,2 times), rapidly sutures removal (13,1/10,3
days), lower rates of wound erythema and infections (3/1), shorter postoperative
hospital stay (mean 4,2/3,8 days). The mean blood quantity in the hand made drain
was 3,8ml. Conclusions: The use of this mini handmade drain is a cheap and
effective method for the early postoperative period in patients with hallux valgus who
were treated with chevron osteotomy.
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