Effects of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Wound Dehiscence and Surgical Site Infection Following Instrumented Spinal Fusion Surgery-A Single Surgeon's Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Incisional negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is used in many surgical specialties to prevent postoperative dehiscence and surgical site infections (SSIs). However, little is known about the role of incisional NPWT in spine fusion surgery. Therefore, we sought to report a single surgeon's experience using incisional NPWT and describe its effects on dehiscence and SSIs after instrumented spine surgery.

Methods

We compared rates of hospital readmission and return to the operating room for dehiscence and SSIs in a consecutive series of patients who underwent spinal fusion surgery with or without NPWT from 2015 to 2018.

Results

A total of 393 patients without and 76 patients with NPWT were included for analysis. Half way through the data collection period,

SUBMITTER: Naylor RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8063507 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature