Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Using Vacuum-Assisted Closure With Advanced Moist Wound Therapy in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Response to Hemkens and Waltering
- Peter A Blume, DPM
- From the North American Center for Limb Preservation, New Haven, Connecticut
- Corresponding author: Peter A. Blume, peter.b{at}snet.net
We appreciate Dr. Hemkens and Dr. Waltering's (1) comments on our recently published article on the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) as delivered by vacuum-assisted closure therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (2).
We thank Hemkens and Waltering for recognizing the difficulty in conducting this randomized clinical trial in a blinded fashion. However, we did insure that therapy selection was conducted in a blinded fashion. Neither the physician nor the patient was aware of the treatment assignment before enrolling. Hemkins and Waltering also state that there was a high proportion of censored subject data (33%, n = 11). Given age, health …
