Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure

Cochrane Wounds Group, Gill Norman, corresponding author Chunhu Shi, En Lin Goh, Elizabeth MA Murphy, Adam Reid, Laura Chiverton, Monica Stankiewicz, and Jo C Dumville

 

Indications for the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) are broad and include prophylaxis for surgical site infections (SSIs). Existing evidence for the effectiveness of NPWT on postoperative wounds healing by primary closure remains uncertain … To assess the effects of NPWT for preventing SSI in wounds healing through primary closure, and to assess the cost‐effectiveness of NPWT in wounds healing through primary closure … read more