SynthesisBMC pediatrics2024
The efficacy and safety of negative pressure wound therapy in paediatric burns: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Synthesis in BMC pediatrics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Timing of surgical excision for burn wounds: A systematic evaluation and meta-analysis comparing early and delayed excision.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of the skin redraping method and the Z-plasty method in the correction of epicanthus.Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Propranolol Versus Other Drugs in the Treatment of Infantile Hemangioma.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2026Pooled it
- Targeting the gut to heal the skin: probiotic supplementation reduces wound infection risk and clinical burden in critically ill patients-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Real-World Evidence of the Effectiveness and Safety of Biosynthetic Semaglutide in Type 2 Diabetes: A Multicentre Study From Pakistan.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Article
- Integrating Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy in the Therapeutic Protocol of Extensive Pediatric Burns: Current Practice and Further Treatment Decision Algorithm.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Negative pressure wound therapy in children: outcomes across a heterogeneous wound cohort.Pediatric surgery international · 2026Article
- Efficacy and safety of Oliceridine versus Sufentanil in postoperative analgesia for burn skin grafting: a machine learning and SHAP-based cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Efficacy and safety of autologous cell-based therapies for atrophic acne scar treatment: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis with in-depth methodological and clinical insights.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- Advancing fat graft survival: from adipose-derived stem cell mechanisms to next-generation regenerative strategies.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- The impact of obesity-related systemic inflammation on the efficacy, toxicity, and biomarkers of immune checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer: from mechanisms to clinical management.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Efficacy and safety of vacuum sealing drainage combined with skin grafting for the treatment of limb burns.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- [Efficacy of artificial dermis in repairing small to medium-sized deep partial-thickness scalds in infants and young children].Zhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi · 2025Observational
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundAlthough the effective application of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has been exemplified in diverse clinical studies, its potential and safety, specifically regarding paediatric burns, are yet to be fully confirmed. Our most recent systematic review and meta-analysis strive to investigate the impact of NPWT within the realm of paediatric burns.
methodsWe sourced relevant articles from databases including PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Database, Web of Science, the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, China National Knowledge Infrastructureris, the VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals, and the Wanfang database. We defined the primary outcome measure as the healing time, while healing rate, numbers of dressing changes, detection rate of positive bacteria, incidence rate of adverse reactions, scar scale scores, and treatment costs were considered as secondary outcome measures. Pooling of data was conducted and the results were articulated as relative risk (RR), mean difference (MD), and standardized mean difference (SMD), all with a 95% confidence interval (CI).
resultsIn this systematic review and meta-analysis, a total of 12 studies involving 1033 individuals were examined, including 559 paediatric burn patients who underwent NPWT (referred to as the treatment group) and 543 patients who received treatments other than NPWT (referred to as the control group). The amalgamated data from these studies exhibited that the treatment group experienced significant reductions in healing time (SMD = -1.60; 95% CI: -2.26 - -0.95; p < 0.001, I
conclusionOur meta-analysis points to the effectiveness of NPWT in treating paediatric burns. Notably, it significantly mitigates healing duration, frequency of dressing alterations, positive bacterial detection rate, adverse reactions incidence, scar scale scores and treatment costs, all while propelling the acceleration of wound healing.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.