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Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in the meta-analysis

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

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

  1. RCS retrospective cohort study, PCS prospective cohort study, Nr not reported