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Purpose: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is a commonly used modality to treat wounds. NPWT helps promote wound healing by decreasing edema, removal of tissue debris and exudate. Tr...
08/19/2021
The use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) for acute and chronic wounds is widely accepted, and its use has been growing outside the hospital setting. The aim of this comparative s...
01/28/2021
Management of a High-Energy Soft Tissue Injury of the Lower Extremity Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation and Dwell Time and a Reticulated Open Cell Foam Dressing
Case Report
12/21/2020
Soft tissue injuries of the lower extremity are the result of high-energy trauma, such as road accidents, and remain challenging for most orthopedic surgeons. Proper selection of the treatment is important considering the risk of delayed...
Soft tissue injuries of the lower extremity are the result of high-energy trauma, such as road accidents, and remain challenging for most orthopedic surgeons. Proper selection of the treatment is important considering the risk of delayed...
Soft tissue injuries of the...
12/21/2020
Wounds
This pilot study tested a novel, low-cost-of-manufacture, non-electrical device that uses solid-state oxygen management technology (OxMT) to create and sustain a vacuum in an iNPWT dressi...
11/23/2020
Original Research
03/03/2020
The aim of the study is to assess the changes in both bacterial species and load, as well as the incidence of infection, before and after negative pressure wound therapy in a patient population with a variety of wounds.
The aim of the study is to assess the changes in both bacterial species and load, as well as the incidence of infection, before and after negative pressure wound therapy in a patient population with a variety of wounds.
The aim of the study is to...
03/03/2020
Wounds
NPWT Switch Worth Making: Successful Hospital System Transition to a New NPWT System
Clinical Cases
01/07/2020
This video showcases a successful transition from one negative pressure wound therapy system to another in a 1,400-bed hospital system.
This video showcases a successful transition from one negative pressure wound therapy system to another in a 1,400-bed hospital system.
This video showcases a...
01/07/2020
Wounds
Webcast
11/25/2019
Click HERE to view.   Overview This program is designed to increase knowledge of appropriate and safe use of NPWT. The activity will provide practical knowledge to all clinicians when using NPWT. Content includes considerations for wound...
Click HERE to view.   Overview This program is designed to increase knowledge of appropriate and safe use of NPWT. The activity will provide practical knowledge to all clinicians when using NPWT. Content includes considerations for wound...
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11/25/2019
Wound Management & Prevention
Original Research
11/01/2019
The aim of this study is to describe an easily reproducible technique for effluent control in patients with enteroatmospheric fistula.
The aim of this study is to describe an easily reproducible technique for effluent control in patients with enteroatmospheric fistula.
The aim of this study is to...
11/01/2019
Wounds
10/29/2019
Overview This program is designed to increase knowledge of appropriate and safe use of NPWT. The activity will provide practical knowledge to all clinicians when using NPWT. Content includes considerations for wound selection criteria,...
Overview This program is designed to increase knowledge of appropriate and safe use of NPWT. The activity will provide practical knowledge to all clinicians when using NPWT. Content includes considerations for wound selection criteria,...
Overview This program is...
10/29/2019
Wounds
Case Report and Brief Review
09/30/2019
A 76-year-old man with intractable skin ulcers on both lateral malleoli presented to an outpatient clinic. Conservative treatment over a 3-month period had not been effective. The authors applied NPWT to the left leg and NPWTi-d to the right...
A 76-year-old man with intractable skin ulcers on both lateral malleoli presented to an outpatient clinic. Conservative treatment over a 3-month period had not been effective. The authors applied NPWT to the left leg and NPWTi-d to the right...
A 76-year-old man with...
09/30/2019
Wounds