The Efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Antibiotic Beads in Lower Extremity Salvage

Antibiotic beads and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) represent two methods of wound management used during staged debridement in the post-trauma limb salvage pathway. The efficacy of NPWT and antibiotic beads in preventing infection remains unclear.

Source: Journal of Surgical Research - November 2, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Karen E. Burtt, Ido Badash, Hyuma A. Leland, Daniel J. Gould, Alexis D. Rounds, Ketan M. Patel, Joseph N. Carey Source Type: research