NPWT

Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation for Wound Cleansing Prior to Rotation Flap Closure of Pressure Ulcers

  Background: Proper wound cleansing is an integral part of early-stage wound management that is essential in facilitating the transition to therapies that (i) promote granula...

07/12/2019

Consultation Corner

A Closer Look At Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in PBDs

07/03/2019

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

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Information regarding coding,...

07/03/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Improving Quality of Care and Reducing Cost Burdens Through NPWT Management Automation

Background: Hospitals devote significant resources to properly manage patients prescribed Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) utilizing the traditional system.  In the traditional...

06/10/2019

Original Research

Use of a Natural Porcine Extracellular Matrix With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Hastens the Healing Rate in Stage 4 Pressure Ulcers

05/01/2019

Walid Mari

Sara Younes

Jaree Naqvi

Abdelfatah Abou Issa

Terry L. Oroszi

David R Cool

Jeffrey B. Travers

Richard Simman

This study examines the healing rates of stage 4 pressure ulcers using combination of a commercially available porcine-based wound matrix dressing alongside negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) versus using NPWT alone.

This study examines the healing...

05/01/2019

Wounds

Clinical Cases

Initial Experience Using dNPWT for Closed Incisions Following Outpatient Wound Reconstruction

03/08/2019

Three cases of wound reconstruction surgeries performed in an outpatient setting under local anesthesia, followed by the application of disposable negative pressure wound therapy to the closed, postoperative incision are presented.

Three cases of wound...

03/08/2019

Wounds

Use of Mechanically Powered Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Recommendations and Reimbursement Update

02/05/2019

Wounds

Rapid Communication

Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation in the Management of Complex Wounds in Critically Ill Patients

01/16/2019

Luis Fernández

Cynthia Ellman

Patricia Jackson

In this 2-patient case study, the authors report their experiences using NPWTi-d on 2 critically ill patients requiring management of large, complex wounds.

In this 2-patient case study,...

01/16/2019

Wounds

Feature

NPWT In Ischemic Patients: What The Literature Reveals

12/21/2018

By Taylor Bunka, DPM, Shahdad Saeedi, DPM, and Tammer Elmarsafi, DPM

By Taylor Bunka, DPM, Shahdad Saeedi,...

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) can be a powerful treatment for wounds but does ischemia complicate the use of NPWT? These authors examine the literature and emphasize caution in using NPWT in patients with ischemia on a case-by-case...

Negative pressure wound therapy...

12/21/2018

Podiatry Today

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