ArticleObesity surgery2011
Wide topical negative pressure wound dressing treatment for patients undergoing abdominal dermolipectomy following massive weight loss.
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- Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Improving wound healing and preventing surgical site complications of closed surgical incisions: a possible role of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. A systematic review of the literature.International wound journal · 2016Pooled it
- Incisional negative pressure wound therapy for the prevention of surgical site complications in Paediatric patients with non-idiopathic scoliosis: A randomized clinical trial.International wound journal · 2024Trial
- [Plastic reconstructive interventions after metabolic bariatric surgery].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
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- Closed-incision negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in elderly patients following sacral pressure sore reconstruction.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Outcomes of Mastectomy and Immediate Reconstruction Managed with Closed-incision Negative Pressure Therapy Applied Over the Whole Breast.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy Versus Traditional Dressings for Low Transverse Abdominal Incisions Healing by Primary Closure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2023Review
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy After Abdominal Body Contouring: A Comparative Matched Analysis of Outcomes and Cost.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2022Article
- The use of closed incision negative pressure therapy for incision and surrounding soft tissue management: Expert panel consensus recommendations.International wound journal · 2022Review
- Combined internal and external negative pressure wound therapy: breakthrough treatment for lymphocutaneous intractable fistula.Surgery today · 2021Article
- The Role of Portable Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (piNPWT) in Reducing Local Complications of Post-bariatric Brachioplasty: A Case-Control Study.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2021Article
- Clinical Experiences with Closed Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Treatment on Various Anatomic Locations.Cureus · 2020Article
- A Comparative Trial of Incisional Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy in Abdominoplasty.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2019Article
- Operating on the Edge? Body Contouring Procedures in Patients with Body Mass Index Greater 35.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Negative pressure wound treatment with computer-controlled irrigation/instillation decreases bacterial load in contaminated wounds and facilitates wound closure.International wound journal · 2018Article
- Closed Incision Negative-Pressure Therapy (ciNPT) Reduces Minor Local Complications in Post-bariatric Abdominoplasty Body Contouring: a Retrospective Case-Control Series.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
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Abstract
Postbariatric plastic surgery is considered to be a high-risk procedure, which entails such frequent minor complications as postoperative seroma, bleeding and wound dehiscence. These occur with a high incidence, especially, following postbariatric abdominal dermolipectomy. In order to reduce these complication rates, a new type of dressing with wide abdominal topical negative pressure (TNP) application was applied. We performed abdominal dermolipectomy in 23 obese patients. The average body mass index was 32.8 kg/m(2), and the median age of the patients was 42.9 years. Ten patients received conventional standard dressings (control group I), whereas the other 13 patients received a wide TNP dressing including the ventral and lateral trunk (negative pressure group II). Postoperative exudate volumes were collected, tallied and documented for each group separately until all drains could be removed. The conventionally treated control group (I) showed a significantly higher postoperative secretion volume compared with the negative pressure group (II). In addition, the average time to postoperative final drain removal was significantly lower in the negative pressure group (II) compared with the control group (I). The results indicate that widely applied external TNP wound dressing on the ventral and lateral trunk following postbariatric abdominal dermolipectomy leads to a significant reduction in exudate formation, enables early drain removal and thus, decreases length of hospitalization.
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