Negative-pressure wound therapy over surgically closed wounds in open fractures.

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy – A Review of its Uses in Orthopaedic Trauma

The use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) for complex and large wounds has increased in popularity over the past decade. Modern NPWT systems consisting of an open pore foam sponge, adhesive dressing and a vacuum pump producing negative pressure have been used as an adjunct to surgical debridement to treat tissue defects around open fractures and chronic, contaminated wounds. Other uses ...

Use of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Closed Median Sternal Incisions after Cardiothoracic Surgery: Clinical Evidence and Consensus Recommendations

Negative pressure wound therapy is a concept introduced initially to assist in the treatment of chronic open wounds. Recently, there has been growing interest in using the technique on closed incisions after surgery to prevent potentially severe surgical site infections and other wound complications in high-risk patients. Negative pressure wound therapy uses a negative pressure unit and specifi...

Comparison of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) &conventional wound dressings in the open fracture wounds.

OBJECTIVE Successful closure is a primary step of treatment in open fracture wounds. Delayed healing or complications can lead to increased treatment duration, costs and disability rates. The aim of this study was to compare Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) and conventional wound dressings in patients with open fracture wounds. METHODS In a prospective randomized clinical trial study, 9...

Can negative pressure wound therapy over closed surgical wounds prevent complications?

Cefazolin concentration in surgically created wounds treated with negative pressure wound therapy compared to surgically created wounds treated with nonadherent wound dressings.

OBJECTIVE To compare cefazolin concentrations in biopsied tissue samples collected from surgically created wounds treated with negative pressure wound therapy to those collected from surgically created wounds treated with nonadherent dressings. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, controlled, experimental study. ANIMALS Adult female spayed Beagles (n = 12). METHODS Full thickness cutaneous wounds we...