Negative pressure wound therapy versus usual care for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention (SWHSI-2 trial): study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, cross surgical specialty, randomised controlled trial

Negative pressure wound therapy versus usual care for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention (SWHSI-2 trial): study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, cross surgical specialty, randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background The majority of surgical wounds are closed (for example with sutures or staples) and so heal by primary intention. Where closure is not possible, or the wound subsequently breaks down, wounds may be left to heal from the bottom up (healing by secondary intention). Surgical wound...

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Main Authors: Ian Chetter, Catherine Arundel, Belen Corbacho Martin, Catherine Hewitt, Caroline Fairhurst, Kalpita Joshi, Andrew Mott, Sara Rodgers, Pedro Saramago Goncalves, David Torgerson, Jacqueline Wilkinson, Jane Blazeby, Rhiannon Macefield, Stephen Dixon, Eileen Henderson, Angela Oswald, Jo Dumville, Matthew Lee, Thomas Pinkney, Nikki Stubbs, Lyn Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Surgical wounds
Negative pressure wound therapy
Secondary intention
Wound healing
Randomised controlled trial
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05662-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05662-2

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