Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Conventional Wound Treatment in Subcutaneous Abdominal Wound Healing Impairment: The SAWHI Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is an established treatment option, but there is no evidence of benefit for subcutaneous abdominal wound healing impairment (SAWHI).

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of NPWT for SAWHI after surgery in clinical practice.

Design, setting, and participants

The multicenter, multinational, observer-blinded, randomized clinical SAWHI study enrolled patients between August 2, 2011, and January 31, 2018. The last follow-up date was June 11, 2018. The trial included 34 abdominal surgical departments of hospitals in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, and 539 consecutive, compliant adult patients with SAWHI after surgery without fascia dehiscence were randomly assigned to the treatment arms in a 1:1 ratio st

SUBMITTER: Seidel D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160755 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature