Topical negative pressure (TNP): the evolution of a novel wound therapy.
Topical negative pressure is a novel non-pharmacological therapy that is now being adopted as a standard of care in wound care management programmes. This review assesses where and how it can be best used.
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK. paul@paulbanwell.co.uk
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D000075202:Contraindications; D005544:Forecasting; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000628:therapy; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000628:therapy; D018579:Patient Selection; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000628:therapy; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*