A feasibility study of standard dressings versus negative-pressure wound therapy in the treatment of adult patients having surgical incisions for hip fractures: the WHISH randomized controlled trial.

James Masters Jonathan Alistair Cook Juul Achten Matthew Lee Costanull null

Published in: The bone & joint journal (2021)

The rate of deep SSI 30 days after surgery for a fracture of the hip was 4%, which makes a study comparing the clinical effectiveness of standard dressings and iNPWT feasible. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2021;103-B(4):755-761.

Keyphrases

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