Reply to Letter to the Editor: “Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) prevents wound dehiscence following posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP): An exploratory case-control study”
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Illya Martynov, Jan-Hendrik Gosemann, Alejandro D. Hofmann, Joachim F. Kuebler, Omid Madadi-Sanjani, Benno M. Ure, Martin Lacher
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We are very excited for the Letter to the Editor sent by Bruna Aliotto Nalin Tedesco and colleagues from Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil [1]. First of all, we would like to thank the authors for their positive feedback on our recently published study describing the utilization of the vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy following posterior sagittal anorectalplasty (PSARP) [2]. Indeed, we showed that the use of VAC embedded in a perioperative treatment protocol (preoperative bowel preparation, +/- loperamide, intravenous antibiotics, and total parenteral nutrition) has a potential to prevent wound dehiscence of the neoanus and reconstructed perineal body after PSARP.
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