ReviewContemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland)2019
Is negative-pressure wound therapy beneficial in modern-day breast surgery?
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- The Effect of Kinesiotape Application on Wound Healing and Implant Exposure in Patients Undergoing Single-Session Augmentation Mastopexy.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- A 30-Year-Old Woman With a Lactational Breast Abscess Managed With Adjunctive Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (Vacuum-Assisted Closure).The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Comparative Outcomes of Different Surgical Approaches for Non-Lactational Mastitis With Posterior and Non-Posterior Space Abscesses: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2025Article
- The role of negative incisional pressure in the prevention of surgical site complications in patients with median incisional hernia.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- An Analysis of Preoperative Inflammatory Indicators That Influence the Drainage Tube Retention Time in Patients with Breast Cancer Surgery.Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press) · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Closed-Incision Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Reducing Postoperative Complications in Breast Reconstruction After Radiotherapy: A Propensity Score Analysis.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2024Article
- Portable Negative Pressure Wound Dressing in Oncoplastic Conservative Surgery for Breast Cancer: A Valid Ally.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Observational
- Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery: A Comparison of Outcomes.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Emerging treatment strategies in wound care.International wound journal · 2022Review
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- Negative pressure wound therapy does not decrease postoperative wound complications in patients undergoing mastectomy and flap fixation.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Closed Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy at Flap Suture Line: An Innovative Approach for Improving Outcomes in Suboptimal Wound Conditions.Indian journal of plastic surgery : official publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India · 2020Article
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Abstract
Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is used to treat many different types of wounds, but there is still a lack of large studies describing its effectiveness in breast surgery. Enhanced recovery, reduction of complications, and good scar quality might be improved by the application of NPWT. Existing data show that vacuumassisted closure (VAC) application after expander-based breast reconstruction may be beneficial because of decreasing overall complications in comparison with standard wound treatment. There are few cases in which the use of negative pressure resulted in healing of complicated breast wounds after implant insertion - most breasts achieved healing, wherein duration of NPWT ranged from seven to 21 days. The use of NPWT leads to a decrease of seroma formation (from 70% to 15%), the mean percutaneous aspirated volume (from 193 ml to 26 ml) and the numbers of percutaneous aspirations (from three to one) in latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction. Furthermore, a prospective, within-patient, randomised study with 200 participants showed that treating closed incisional wounds after reduction mammoplasty with a VAC system resulted in a decrease of overall complications and protected against wound dehiscence. In the literature, there are cases showing that NPWT may be useful for the successful treatment of chronic and non-healing wounds, included non-puerperal mastitis and surgical sites affected by radiation therapy due to breast cancer. There is still a need for evidence confirming the effectiveness of NPWT in breast surgery because of the deficiency of large prospective studies that compare NPWT with standard treatment.
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