The safety and efficacy of topical negative pressure in non-healing wounds: a systematic review.
Evidence on topical negative pressure from randomised controlled trials, non-randomised comparative studies and case studies is considered. This is the first systematic review on this therapy to consider results by wound type.
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I ASERNIP-S, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Adelaide, Australia. cpham.asernip@surgeons.org
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D015982:Bias; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design; D012449:Safety; D018401:Sample Size; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013396:Suction / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014618:Vacuum; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*