ReviewThe Journal of surgical research2019
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy in Infants and Children: A Population-Based Study.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Randomized clinical trial of negative pressure wound therapy as an adjunctive treatment for small-area thermal burns in children.The British journal of surgery · 2020Trial
- Integrating Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy in the Therapeutic Protocol of Extensive Pediatric Burns: Current Practice and Further Treatment Decision Algorithm.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Early Use of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Pediatric Abdominal and Thoracic Surgery: A Single-Center Retrospective Study on Clinical and Economic Outcomes.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Successful treatment of giant multiple enteroatmospheric fistulas in an extremely premature infant using staged procedures. A case report and literature review.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Negative pressure wound therapy for extensive soft tissue defects of the lower extremity in a teenager: A case study.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- A case series of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy use with purse-string closure in stoma closure wounds in infants.Surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Negative pressure therapy in pediatric patient with surgical site infection: experience report.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2024Article
- Vacuum-assisted staged omphalocele reduction: A preliminary report.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Impact of extensive negative pressure wound therapy on neonatal respiration: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough the safety and benefits of negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) have been clearly demonstrated in the adult population, studies evaluating the safety and describing the use of NPWT in the pediatric population have been limited. Given this paucity, the goals of this study were to (1) evaluate the literature dedicated to NPWT use in infants and children and (2) leverage a population-level analysis to describe the experience of NPWT use in the pediatric population. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe performed a literature review and analyzed the Truven Health Analytics MarketScan Commercial Claims Databases from 2006 to 2014 to identify infants and children treated with NPWT. We evaluated patient characteristics, indications, complications before and after NPWT placement, and health care utilization within 30 d of NPWT placement.
resultsWe identified 457 articles, 11 of which fit our inclusion criteria. Most studies (65.2%) were case reports or series with less than 10 patients. In addition, we identified 3184 patients aged younger than of 18 y who were treated with NPWT between 2006 and 2014. Serious incident complications within 30 d after NPWT placement were rare (bleeding 0.6%, septicemia 0.5%, and sepsis 0.5%).
conclusionsDespite the lack of robust studies, NPWT is widely used for many indications and across different ages and providers. Given the low incidence of serious complications, we conclude that NPWT use in infants and children is safe and can be effectively used by different providers spanning surgical and nonsurgical disciplines.
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