Negative pressure wound therapy versus usual care for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention (SWHSI-2 trial): study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, cross surgical specialty, randomised controlled trial

The majority of surgical wounds are closed (for example with sutures or staples) and so heal by primary intention. Where closure is not possible, or the wound subsequently breaks down, wounds may be left to he...

Source: Trials - October 25, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ian Chetter, Catherine Arundel, Belen Corbacho Martin, Catherine Hewitt, Caroline Fairhurst, Kalpita Joshi, Andrew Mott, Sara Rodgers, Pedro Saramago Goncalves, David Torgerson, Jacqueline Wilkinson, Jane Blazeby, Rhiannon Macefield, Stephen Dixon, Eileen Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research