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. 2023 Jan 2;32(Sup1):S28-S34.
doi: 10.12968/jowc.2023.32.Sup1.S28.

Does prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy prevent surgical site infection in abdominal surgery?

Jeremy Meyer  1 , Elin Roos  2 , Ziad Abbassi  1 , Christian Toso  1 , Christian Nicolas Buchs  1 , Frédéric Ris  1
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Does prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy prevent surgical site infection in abdominal surgery?

Jeremy Meyer et al. J Wound Care. .

Abstract

Objective: To determine if prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (pNPWT) allows for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) in abdominal surgery.

Method: A non-systematic review assessing the evidence was conducted in 2020.

Results: Retrospectve studies comparing patients with pNPWT with patients receiving standard wound dressing after abdominal surgery showed encouragning results in favour of pNPWT for reducing the incidence of SSIs, but randomised controlled trials have so far reported mixed results.

Conclusion: New randomised controlled trials including a sufficient number of patients at risk of SSIs are needed for confirming the results of non-interventional studies.

Keywords: PICO; Prevena; SSI; VAC; abdominal surgery; negative pressure wound therapy; prophylactic; surgical site infection; vacuum assisted closure; wound; wound care; wound dressing; wound healing.

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