NPWT Resource Use Compared With Conventional Wound Treatment in Subcutaneous Abdominal Wounds With Healing Impairment After Surgery: SAWHI Randomized Clinical Trial Results.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare resource utilization of NPWT and CWT for SAWHI after surgery.

Summary of background data

NPWT is widely used in the management of complex wounds but high-level evidence of its resource use remains sparse.

Methods

The multicenter, multinational, randomized clinical SAWHI study enrolled a total of 539 consecutive, compliant adult patients with SAWHI after surgery without fascial dehiscence between August 2, 2011, and January 31, 2018. Patients were randomly assigned to NPWT and CWT stratified by study site and wound size using a centralized web-based tool. Evaluation of direct resource use comprised inpatient and outpatient time, personnel and material for wound treatment, and associated wound-related procedures. The resource use analysis was primar

SUBMITTER: Seidel D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8746894 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature