NPWT

Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (d-NPWT) for Small-to-Medium Sized Wounds Including Surgical Wounds, Wound Dehiscence, and Diabetic Foot Ulcerations

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

Healthcare Costs Associated with Patients Receiving Traditional Negative Pressure Wound Therapies in the Post-Acute Setting

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

Case Report

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

12/21/2020

Mazen Ali

Fekhaoui Mohammed Reda

Hichem Issaoui

Hatem Abbassi

Mahdi Gargouri

Fredson Razanabola

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

A Pilot Study On Closed Porcine Incisions Of A Novel Low-cost, Solid-state Npwt Device

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

Bacterial Species and Load Increase During Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study

03/03/2020

Kelly Aranka Ayli Kwa

Pieta Krijnen

Alexandra T. Bernards

Inger B. Schipper

Annebeth Meij-de Vries

Roelf S. Breederveld

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

Clinical Cases

NPWT Switch Worth Making: Successful Hospital System Transition to a New NPWT System

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...

01/07/2020

Wounds

Webcast

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Optimizing Wound Management Outcomes

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...

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11/25/2019

Wound Management & Prevention

Original Research

A Four-step Technique for Effluent Diversion of Enteroatmospheric Fistulas

11/01/2019

Adolfo Cuendis-Velázquez

Mario Trejo-Avila

Elisafat Arce-Liévano

Eduardo Cárdenas-Lailson

Carlos Sanjuan-Martínez

Mucio Moreno-Portillo

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

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Optimizing Wound Management Outcomes

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...

10/29/2019

Wounds

Case Report and Brief Review

Comparing the Therapeutic Value of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation and Dwell Time in Bilateral Leg Ulcers: A Case Report

09/30/2019

Yuichiro Uoya

Naohiro Ishii

Kazuo Kishi

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