ArticleObesity surgery2018
Closed Incision Negative-Pressure Therapy (ciNPT) Reduces Minor Local Complications in Post-bariatric Abdominoplasty Body Contouring: a Retrospective Case-Control Series.
Article in Obesity surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04214236 (Evaluation of ciNPT Effects on Healing and Post-surgical Complications in High-risk Post- Bariatric Patients Undergoing Body-contouring Abdominoplasty), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of ciNPT Effects on Healing and Post-surgical Complications in High-risk Post- Bariatric Patients Undergoing Body-contouring Abdominoplasty: a Monocentric Prospective RCT
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Evaluating the Surgical Outcomes of Progressive Tension Suturing Compared to Drains in Abdominoplasty Surgery.Aesthetic surgery journal · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review evaluating the influence of incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on scarring.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society · 2021Pooled it
- The impact of incisional negative pressure wound therapy on scar quality and patient-reported outcomes: A within-patient-controlled, randomised trial.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society · 2022Trial
- An integrated, wearable, tubeless micro-negative pressure system for closed incision management: a translational preclinical and clinical study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- [Plastic reconstructive interventions after metabolic bariatric surgery].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Linear and Area Coverage With Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy Management: International Multidisciplinary Consensus Recommendations.International wound journal · 2025Article
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- A Cost-Utility Analysis of the Use of -125 mm Hg Closed-incision Negative Pressure Therapy in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Optimizing Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Abdominoplasty Incisions: Chevron Modification.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
- Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery: A Comparison of Outcomes.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy versus Standard of Care in Reduction of Surgical Site Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
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- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy After Abdominal Body Contouring: A Comparative Matched Analysis of Outcomes and Cost.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Continuous NPWT Regulates Fibrosis in Murine Diabetic Wound Healing.Pharmaceutics · 2022Article
- The use of closed incision negative pressure therapy for incision and surrounding soft tissue management: Expert panel consensus recommendations.International wound journal · 2022Review
- 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
- Utilization of a Novel Negative Pressure Platform Wound Dressing on Surgical Incisions: A Case Series.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2021Article
- Closed incision negative pressure therapy following abdominoplasty after breast reconstruction with deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps.International wound journal · 2020Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundOver 30% of the US population is obese and nearly 300,000 patients undergo bariatric surgery every year. Patients seeking body-contouring procedures face a staggering rate of surgical complications caused by obesity-associated systemic and local factors impairing wound healing. Closed incision negative-pressure therapy (ciNPT) systems could improve surgical outcomes in these patients. Here, we tested this hypothesis in a retrospective case-control series of post-bariatric patients undergoing an abdominoplasty.
methodsWe reviewed the clinical data of 11 post-bariatric patients (average BMI 34) who had undergone an abdominoplasty followed by either standard post-operative wound treatment (control) or ciNPT (at 125 mmHg for 8 days). Data (follow-up 90 days) was analyzed, measuring the time to heal of wounds (primary end-point), the rate of local surgical complications, and the quality of scars (Vancouver Scar Scale, VSS) (secondary endpoints).
resultsNo discomfort was associated with the use of ciNPT. Surgical wounds healed two times faster in patients treated with ciNPT compared to controls (time-to-dry: 10.8 ± 5 days vs. 23 ± 7). ciNPT was associated with a significantly lower rate of minor local complications (0%) compared to controls (80%), leading to shorter hospitalization, less dressing changes, and lower costs for the care of wounds with minor complications. One patient in the ciNPT group developed a major local complication (hematoma). The VSS demonstrated a higher quality of scars in the ciNPT group at a 90-day follow-up.
conclusionsciNPT might reduce the rate of minor local complications in post-bariatric patients undergoing body-contouring procedures, improving surgical outcomes and treatment costs.
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