From: Negative pressure wound therapy for closed incisions in orthopedic trauma surgery: a meta-analysis
Study(year) | Study Design | Sample size | Age, mean ± SD, y | Duration of NPWT treatment | Type of fracture | Follow-up | Outcome measures | ||
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NPWT | Conventional dressings | NPWT | Conventional dressings | ||||||
Cooper (2018) [15] | RCS | 27 | 40 | 76.3(58–91) | 73.2(43–91) | 7 days | Periprosthetic fracture | 90 days | Incisional complications, deep SSI, and reoperations |
Crist (2017) [16] | RCT | 33 | 33 | 44.2(19–87) | 43.2(18–92) | >2 days | Acetabular fracture | Nr | Deep infection |
Dingemans (2018) [17] | PCS | 53 | 47 | 43.9 ± 15.6 | 42.2 ± 14.6 | 7 days | Ankle, talus, calcaneus, mid-foot fracture | 2-4 weeks | Surgical site infection, wound dehiscence |
Reddix (2010) [10] | RCS | 235 | 66 | 40.2 (11–75) | 40.4 (16–80) | 1-3 days | Acetabular fracture | 16.2months/37.3months | Deep wound infection, wound dehiscence |
Stannard (2012) [3] | RCT | 130 | 119 | 43 (18–80) | 43(18-80) | 59h(21-213) | Tibial plateau, pilon, and calcaneus fractures | Nr | Acute infections, late infections, and wound dehiscence |
Zhou (2016) [18] | RCS | 22 | 54 | 59.1 ± 4.3 | 57.2 ± 6.2 | 7 days | Ankle fracture | Nr | Superficial SSI, deep SSI, length of hospital stay and hospital costs |