Successful treatment of a non-healing lumbar incision post-radiotherapy using vacuum sealing drainage: A case report

Figure 3 The treatment process for vacuum sealing drainage of the lumbar incision post-radiotherapy. A: Initial vacuum sealing drainage (VSD); B: Fresh wound after initial VSD surgery with residual necrotic tissue; C: Sixth application of VSD; D: Fresh wound (5 weeks post-surgery); E: Healing on the left side after the eighth application of VSD, but the right side remained unhealed (7 weeks post-surgery); F: Removal of the right internal fixation (8 weeks post-surgery); G: 11^th application of VSD (9 weeks post-surgery); H: Wound healing after 12^th application of VSD.