Successful wound treatment using negative pressure wound therapy without primary closure in a patient undergoing highly contaminated abdominal surgery

Successful wound treatment using negative pressure wound therapy without primary closure in a patient undergoing highly contaminated abdominal surgery

Abstract Background The indications for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) continue to expand, and NPWT has become a powerful tool for the treatment of interactive wounds. Recently, the use of NPWT over closed incisions has been shown to prevent surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoi...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Yoshioka, Yoshitaka Kondo, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-08-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Contaminated surgery
Crohn’s disease
JANIS
NPWT
Prophylactic NPWT
SSI
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-018-0493-5

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