Negative-pressure wound therapy after stoma reversal in colorectal surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

Francesco Maria CarranoAnnalisa MaroliMichele CarvelloCaterina FoppaMatteo SacchiJacopo CrippaGiuseppe ClericoFrancesca De LuciaElisabetta CoppolaNadav Ben DavidAntonino Spinelli

Published in: BJS open (2021)

NPWT does not reduce the incidence of SSI after stoma-reversal surgery compared with conventional wound dressing. However, NPWT improved the healing of uninfected wounds, reduced wound pain and led to better aesthetic outcomes.Registration number: NCT037812016 (clinicaltrials.gov).

Keyphrases

surgical site infection
wound healing
chronic pain
hiv infected
risk factors
minimally invasive
bone marrow
acute coronary syndrome
postoperative pain