Bills Jessica D, Berriman Sandra J, Noble Debby L, Lavery Lawrence A, Davis Kathryn E
Department of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Int Wound J. 2016 Dec;13(6):1372-1377. doi: 10.1111/iwj.12534. Epub 2015 Nov 11.
As the burden of diabetes continues to grow and treatment standards require careful tracking of wound progress, clinicians increasingly need to rely on technological improvements in wound measurement technologies to track the progress of their treatments. This study aims to determine the accuracy of a new three-dimensional wound measurement (3DWM) device against laser-assisted wound measurement (LAWM) devices and traditional methods of wound measurement. Using several wound models, we demonstrate that the 3DWM device measures wound area, depth and volume similarly to the other methods tested. This is especially apparent when changes in wound measurements were compared between the two devices. Differences between the two technologies were apparent when analysing wound measurement time and measurement repeatability. There was a significantly lower incidence of error in measurements between the 3DWM device and the LAWM device. Finally, the measurement time was significantly faster with the 3DWM device compared to the LAWM device. Together, these data demonstrate that the 3DWM device provides an accurate and reproducible method for measuring changes in wound healing similar to other available technologies. Further, the use of the 3DWM device provides a faster and more consistent measurement, which is critical for clinical application and use.
随着糖尿病负担持续加重，且治疗标准要求密切跟踪伤口进展情况，临床医生越来越需要依靠伤口测量技术的技术改进来跟踪其治疗进展。本研究旨在确定一种新型三维伤口测量（3DWM）设备相对于激光辅助伤口测量（LAWM）设备及传统伤口测量方法的准确性。通过使用多种伤口模型，我们证明3DWM设备测量伤口面积、深度和体积的方式与其他测试方法相似。当比较两种设备之间伤口测量的变化时，这一点尤为明显。在分析伤口测量时间和测量重复性时，两种技术之间的差异很明显。3DWM设备与LAWM设备之间测量误差的发生率显著更低。最后，与LAWM设备相比，3DWM设备的测量时间显著更快。总之，这些数据表明，3DWM设备提供了一种与其他现有技术类似的、用于测量伤口愈合变化的准确且可重复的方法。此外，使用3DWM设备可实现更快且更一致的测量，这对临床应用至关重要。
