Evidence-based recommendations for negative pressure wound therapy: Treatment variables (pressure levels, wound filler and contact layer) - Steps towards an international consensus

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Birke Sorensen, H ^a   Malmsjo, M ^b   Rome, P ^c   Hudson, D ^d   Krug, E ^e   Berg, L ^f   Bruhin, A ^g   Caravaggi, C ^h   Chariker, M ⁱ   Depoorter, M ^j   Dowsett, C ^k   Dunn, R ^l   Duteille, F ^m   Ferreira, F ⁿ   Martínez, J M Francos ^o   Grudzien, G ^p   Ichioka, S ^q   Ingemansson, R ^r   Jeffery, S ^s   Lee, C ^t   Vig, S ^u   Runkel, N ^v,w   Martin, R ^x   Smith, J ^x   more..

^a Hamlet Hospital   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g Dept of Trauma and Visceral Surgery ^*  (Switzerland)

^h Center for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Pathology   (Italy)

ⁱ Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Institute   (United States)

^j Head of Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (Belgium)

^k EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^m HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

ⁿ HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

^o HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^p Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

^q SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^r LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^s QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^v Black Forest Hospital   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^x Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Consensus; Negative pressure level; Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT); NPWT wound filler materials; Recommendations; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND FILLER; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84860390255     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.06.001     Document Type: Review

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