Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common health-care-associated infections in
developing countries, but they also represent a substantial epidemiological burden in high …

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 …

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 …

Background: Spine operations may be indicated for treatment of diseases including
vertebral injuries, degenerative spinal conditions, disk disease, spinal misalignments, or …

Objective: Systematically review and Grading of Recommendations Assessment,
Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) studies on prophylactic negative pressure wound …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT There are three phases in prophylaxis of surgical site infections
(SSI): preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative. There is lack of consensus and paucity …

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of iNPWT for the prevention of
postoperative wound complications such as SSI. Summary of Background Data: The 2016 …

BACKGROUND Use of a closed-incisional negative pressure therapy (ci-NPT) dressing is
an emerging strategy to reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) in spine surgery that lacks …