Trial reportThe American surgeon2019
Effect of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Wound Complications Post-Pancreatectomy.
Trial report in The American surgeon, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Negative-pressure wound therapy in thoracic and abdominal surgery: meta-analysis of randomized trials.BJS open · 2026Pooled it
- Does Prophylactic Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy Prevent Surgical Site Infection After Laparotomy? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled trials.World journal of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Negative pressure wound therapy versus conventional wound care in cancer surgical wounds: A meta-analysis of observational studies and randomised controlled trials.International wound journal · 2022Pooled it
- 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
- Effectiveness of 3-Day Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Closed Abdominal Incisions in the Prevention of Wound Complications: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Trial
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for the Prevention of Wound Complications After Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Review
- A Systematic Review of Closed-Incision Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery: Updated Evidence, Context, and Clinical Implications.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The ACS-NSQIP Analysis of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Diagnoses.Cureus · 2024Article
- Incisional negative pressure wound therapy for the prevention of surgical site infection: an up-to-date meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Tapering pressure of wall vacuum-assisted closure for the treatment of patients with pancreatic fistula in traumatic pancreatic injury: Report of two cases.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
- Closed incision negative pressure wound therapy following pancreaticoduodenectomy for prevention of surgical site infections in high-risk patients.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
- The efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy after hepatopancreatobiliary surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesReview
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Surgical site infection (SSI) and incisional hernia are common complications after major pancreatectomy. We investigated the effects of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on short- and long-term wound outcomes in patients undergoing pancreatectomy. A randomized controlled trial comparing the effect of NPWT with standard surgical dressing (SSD) on wounds was performed in 265 patients undergoing open gastrointestinal resections from 2012 to 2016. We performed a subset analysis of 73 patients who underwent pancreatectomy. Wound complications in the first 30 days and incisional hernia rates were assessed. There were 33 (45%) female patients in the study and the average BMI was 27.6. The pancreaticoduodectomy rate was 68 per cent, whereas 27 per cent of patients underwent distal or subtotal pancreatectomy, and 4 per cent total pancreatectomy. Incisional hernia rates were 32 per cent and 14 per cent between the SSD and NPWT groups, respectively (
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