Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Case Report and Brief Review

Defect Reconstruction of an Infected Diabetic Foot Using Split- and Full-thickness Skin Grafts With Adjuvant Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

11/19/2018

Sanda Smuđ-Orehovec

Marko Mance

Damir Halužan

Vilena Vrbanović-Mijatović

Davor Mijatović

The case of a 43-year-old woman with diabetes who was admitted to the University Hospital Rebro (Zagreb, Croatia) due to an infected, nonhealing wound on her left foot. Skin grafts combined with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) before...

The case of a 43-year-old woman...

11/19/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Initial Experience Using Disposable Negative Pressure Therapy for Closed Incisions Following Outpatient Wound Reconstruction

10/10/2018

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have provided data supporting the use of closed incision negative pressure therapy (ciNPT) for management of closed incisions in patients with a high risk of developing complications; ciNPT has been shown to...

BACKGROUND: Previous studies...

10/10/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Dehisced Wound Healing Outcomes with Use of Mechanically Powered Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

10/10/2018

BACKGROUND: Despite advances in perioperative care, operative technique, and understanding of risk factors, wound dehiscence remains a national health care quality concern such that it is one of the publicly reported outcome measures for the...

BACKGROUND: Despite advances in...

10/10/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Benefits of a Patient-centered Remote Therapy Monitoring Program Focusing on Increased Adherence to Wound Therapy

10/10/2018

BACKGROUND: Patient nonadherence to wound care protocols may impact the efficacy of modalities such as negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). Recently, a remote therapy monitoring (RTM) system has been devised for use with NPWT for patients...

BACKGROUND: Patient nonadherence...

10/10/2018

Wounds

Abstracts

SAWC Fall 2018 Poster Abstracts

10/01/2018

Wounds Editorial Staff

10/01/2018

Wounds

Original Research

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy of Open Abdomen and Definitive Closure Techniques After Decompressive Laparotomy: A Single-center Observational Prospective Study

10/01/2018

Mircea Muresan

Simona Muresan

Klara Brinzaniuc

Daniela Sala

Radu Neagoe

10/01/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Outcomes in Fournier’s Gangrene Using Skin and Soft Tissue Sparing Flap Preservation Surgery for Wound Closure: An Alternative Approach to Wide Radical Debridement

10/01/2018

Travis L. Perry

Lindsay M. Kranker

Erin E. Mobley

Eileen E. Curry

R. Michael Johnson

The purpose of this case series is to report the outcomes of FG using a surrogate approach of concurrent debridement of spared skin and soft tissue, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), and serial delayed primary closure (DPC).

The purpose of this case series...

10/01/2018

Wounds

Rapid Communication

A Patient-centered Remote Therapy Monitoring Program Focusing on Increased Adherence to Wound Therapy: A Large Cohort Study

08/13/2018

Leah Griffin

Laura M. Leyva Casillas

This retrospective study of 510 patients receiving negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in a home care setting examines the relationship between remote therapy monitoring (RTM) and patient adherence, as well as determines the impact of...

This retrospective study of 510...

08/13/2018

Wounds

Case Series

The Role of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Managing Chinese Patients With Wound-derived Acute Severe Illness

08/01/2018

Zhi Wang

Ming Bai

Ang Zeng

Zhifei Liu

Ru Zhao

Xiaojun Wang