Background Indications for the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) are broad
and include prophylaxis for surgical site infections (SSIs). Existing evidence for the …

1. Introduction Since its introduction in clinical practice in the early 1990's negative pressure
wounds therapy (NPWT) has become widely used in the management of complex wounds in …

Mechanical regulation and electric stimulation hold great promise in skin tissue engineering
for manipulating wound healing. However, the complexity of equipment operation and …

Background Postoperative wound complications are common following surgical procedures.
Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is well recognized for the management of open …

Surgical site occurrences (SSOs) affect up to or over 25% of patients undergoing operative
procedures, with the subset of surgical site infections (SSIs) being the most common …

Background: We report the first meta-analysis on the impact of prophylactic use of a specific
design of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device on surgical site complications …

Background: Negative-pressure therapy has recently been used over closed incisions to
decrease surgical-site occurrences, including infection and dehiscence. A meta-analysis …

Obesity is a risk factor for surgical site infection (SSI) after abdominal procedures; however,
data characterizing the risk of SSI in obese patients during abdominal procedures are …

Background Continuous wound drainage after arthroplasty can lead to the development of a
periprosthetic joint infection. Closed incisional negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPWT) …

Objectives Wound complications are reported in up to 10% hip and knee arthroplasties and
there is a proven association between wound complications and deep prosthetic infections …