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Prophylactic negative-pressure wound therapy prevents surgical site infection in abdominal surgery: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies

Contributors

Meyer, Jérémy; Roos, Elin; Abbassi, Ziad; Buchs, Nicolas; Ris, Frédéric; Toso, Christian

Published in

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Publication date

2020

Abstract

Prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) is a public health challenge. Our objective was to determine if pNPWT allows preventing SSI after laparotomy.

Keywords

  • NPWT
  • PICO
  • Prevena
  • SSI
  • VAC
  • Morbidity
  • PNPWT
  • Prevention
  • Prophylaxis
  • Surgical infection

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MEYER, Jérémy et al. Prophylactic negative-pressure wound therapy prevents surgical site infection in abdominal surgery: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies. In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1203

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1058-4838
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