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ArticleCase reports in transplantation2019

Surgical Site Infections Complicating the Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Renal Transplant Recipients.

Susanna Lam, Ngee-Soon Lau, Jerome Martin Laurence, Deborah Jean Verran

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Article in Case reports in transplantation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Susanna LamRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Transplantation Services, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2231-660X
Ngee-Soon LauRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Transplantation Services, Sydney, Australia.
Jerome Martin LaurenceRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Transplantation Services, Sydney, Australia.
Deborah Jean VerranRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Transplantation Services, Sydney, Australia.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · AUThe University of Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surgical site infections (SSI) of the abdominal wall in renal transplant recipients can on occasion require management with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). This is often successful, with a low risk of further complications. However, we describe three cases in which persistent or recurrent surgical site sepsis occurred, whilst NPWT was being deployed in adults with either wound dehiscence or initial SSI. This type of complication in the setting of NPWT has not been previously described in renal transplant recipients. Our case series demonstrates that in immunosuppressed transplant recipients, there may be ineffective microbial or bacterial bioburden clearance associated with the NPWT, which can lead to further infections. Hence recognition for infections in renal transplant patients undergoing treatment with NPWT is vital; furthermore, aggressive management of sepsis control with early debridement, antimicrobial use, and reassessment of the use of wound dressing is necessary to reduce the morbidity associated with surgical site infections and NPWT.

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PMID31662941
PMCPMC6778947
OpenAlexW2976325070

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