Prophylactic Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy shows promising results in prevention of wound complications following Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection for Melanoma: A retrospective case-control series

Inguinal lymphadenectomy (ILND) for melanoma is associated with a number of complications including seroma, surgical-site infection (SSI) and lymphedema. Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (iNPWT) has shown promising results in preventing postoperative morbidity across a wide variety of surgical procedures, but has yet to be investigated in patients undergoing ILND for melanoma.
Source: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Source Type: research