title: The accelerating effect of negative pressure wound therapy with Prevena™ on the healing of a closed wound with persistent serous secretion.
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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Klinikum Nuernberg, Nuernberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Altintas
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Klinikum Nuernberg, Nuernberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biber
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Klinikum Nuernberg, Nuernberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Brem
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing
keywords: Closed wound; NPWT; Wound secretion