1. a novel method in wound assessment Rolf Jelnes ”Sår-i-Syd”
Visitrak
a novel method in wound assessment
Rolf Jelnes ”Sår-i-Syd”

2. Quality in wound healing – focusing on size of the wound
Documentation:
by describtion
words, words
by photography
many photos are in stock
difficult to compare
by measuring
circumference, height, width, depth

3. Commonly used

4. Grids

5. Grids Approaching truth ! Cumbersome – different methods
Weighing
Optic reading/ planimetry
Succesfull ????

6. Visitrak Allows for bedside measurement of Wound area Height Width
Depth
% of e.g. necrotic tissue

8. Wound area ? Accuracy ? Depends on working conditions
Is the wound easy to get access to ?
Moisture
Where to draw the line ?

9. Area
21.4cm2
27.5cm2
28% !!!

10. Standard conditions: Define locally: Choose wound edge og skin edge ?
Which side of the drawingline ?

11. Depth Difficult task Time consuming, at least in my hands Gave up !!!
I missed the users manual !

12. % different tissue
9.9%

13. Problems
Circular wounds
Anatomic limitations
Depth
relevance ?

14. Conclusion
Reliable method to measure changes in size applicable to most leg ulcers
with two ekstra features:
% different tissue within
soft ware to work with the data

15. case
See visitrak capture

16. ”Sår-i-Syd” Will be part of our online documentation

17. Thank you for your attention