The accelerating effect of negative pressure wound therapy with Prevena™ on the healing of a closed wound with persistent serous secretion

Burak Altintas, Roland Biber, Matthias H. Brem

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Abstract

Negative pressure wound therapy has been lately used on closed incisions in the immediate postoperative period to accelerate wound healing. However, there are no data in the literature regarding the use of this type of therapy for wounds with persistent secretion in the early postoperative care. We present the first report of persistent postoperative serous wound secretion in a patient after femoral nailing treated successfully with Prevena™ (KCI), a closed incision negative pressure management system (CINPWT).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)662-663
Number of pages2
JournalInternational Wound Journal
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Closed wound
  • NPWT
  • Wound secretion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Dermatology

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