ArticleInternational wound journal2015
The enhanced healing of a high-risk, clean, sutured surgical incision by prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy as delivered by Prevena™ Customizable™: cosmetic and therapeutic results.
Article in International wound journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04434820 (External Negative Pressure Dressing System), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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External Negative Pressure Dressing System (ENPDS) vs. Traditional Wound Dressing for Cesarean Section Incision in Obese Women.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Reduction of groin wound complications in vascular surgery patients using closed incision negative pressure therapy (ciNPT): a prospective, randomised, single-institution study.International wound journal · 2018Trial
- Preventing Early Complications Following Oncologic Breast Surgery: The NDoCaSco Score for Targeted Negative-Pressure Wound Dressing.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Article
- Effect of negative pressure therapy on the treatment response to scar thickness and viscoelasticity.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- The effect of incisional negative pressure wound therapy on the improvement of postoperative cosmetic suture wounds and scar hyperplasia.International wound journal · 2023Article
- Cellular benefits of single-use negative pressure wound therapy demonstrated in a novel ex vivo human skin wound model.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society · 2021Article
- Incisional negative pressure wound therapy to reduce perineal wound infection after abdominoperineal resection.International wound journal · 2021Article
- Closed Incision Negative-Pressure Therapy (ciNPT) Reduces Minor Local Complications in Post-bariatric Abdominoplasty Body Contouring: a Retrospective Case-Control Series.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
- Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy in Oncological Breast Surgery: Comparison with Standard Care Dressings.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2018Article
- Closed incision negative pressure therapy: international multidisciplinary consensus recommendations.International wound journal · 2017Review
- Effect of a new incision management system (PREVENA®) on wound healing after endophlebectomy of the common femoral vein: a case series.Journal of medical case reports · 2016Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
According to the literature, incisional closure complications may range from postoperative surgical site infections, representing 17-22% of health care-associated infections, surgical wound dehiscence and formation of haematomas or seromas, and can lead to delayed or impaired incision healing. These kinds of situations are more common when wounds are closed under tension or in specific patient morbidities. Obesity, in particular, is associated with an impaired blood flow to tissues, predisposing the patient to increased risk of wound complications by various mechanisms. Incisional complications can become relevant economic burdens for health care systems because of an increase in the average length of hospital stay and readmissions, and additional medical and surgical procedures. Thus, a preventive therapy may have a critical role in the management of healing. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) technology as delivered by Prevena™ Customizable™ (Kinetic Concepts Inc., San Antonio, TX) has recently been the focus of a new investigation, as a prophylactic measure to prevent complications via immediate postoperative application in high-risk, clean, closed surgical incisions. The authors present a 62-year-old class II obese female, who underwent bilateral inguinal dermolipectomy. Prophylactic NPWT as delivered by Prevena™ was performed successfully over surgical incisions. Cosmetic and therapeutic results are shown.
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