Is negative pressure wound therapy beneficial for post-surgical wounds?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address: Kenji.Inaba@med.usc.edu.
² Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.

Comment

Kenji Inaba et al. Lancet. 2025.

. 2025 May 10;405(10490):1646-1647.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00682-8. Epub 2025 Apr 15.

¹ Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address: Kenji.Inaba@med.usc.edu.
² Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

Negative pressure wound therapy versus usual care in patients with surgical wound healing by secondary intention in the UK (SWHSI-2): an open-label, multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial.
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