Vacuum-assisted wound closure and mesh-mediated fascial traction for temporary closure in open abdomen: A single-arm meta-analysis.

Gabriele Eckerdt LechBrian Henriques NevesGilson Tenório OliveiraCarlos André Balthazar da SilveiraJulia Adriana KasmirskiDiego Laurentino LimaLeandro Totti Cavazzola

Published in: World journal of surgery (2024)

Our findings showed that VAWCM is a viable option for OA treatment, successfully reaching complete fascial closure, with a low duration of the technique, even though it presented a high heterogeneity between the studies.

Keyphrases

systematic review
case control
minimally invasive
meta analyses
single cell
combination therapy