Negative pressure wound therapy - does it lower the risk of complications with closed wounds following breast surgery?

This study aimed to assess whether negative pressure dressings reduced complications in patients undergoing bilateral reduction mammoplasty with randomisation of a side to negative pressure and standard care, fixation strips, on the contralateral side. This allowed patients to act as their own controls. This study found a significant reduction in the rate of wound complications but used a wide definition for what constituted a wound complication. This finding is mirrored in existing work with studies showing that negative pressure therapy is a cost-effective intervention. Further work is required to validate this finding and targeting those at highest risk may be preferential. PMID: 32964756 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - Category: Medical Devices Tags: Expert Rev Med Devices Source Type: research