title: Impact of incisional negative pressure wound therapy on perineal wound healing after abdominoperineal rectum extirpation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Perineal wound healing disorders are one of the major complications following abdominoperineal rectum extirpation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We evaluated the impact of an "incisional negative pressure wound therapy" (iNPWT) system after abdominoperineal rectum extirpation in six patients. All patients had a neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with 50.4 Gy and 5-FU. Five of the six patients (83%) experienced complication-free healing of the perineal wound after 5 to 12 days of iNPWT. One patient developed a wound healing disorder 8 days after abdominoperineal rectum extirpation during current iNPWT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Use of an iNPWT system can be of favor after abominoperineal rectum extirpation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Julius-Maximilians-University, University of Wuerzburg, Oberduerrbacherstr.6, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany. wiegering_a@ukw.de.|Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Wuerzburg, Germany. wiegering_a@ukw.de.
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiegering
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Julius-Maximilians-University, University of Wuerzburg, Oberduerrbacherstr.6, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrich A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Dietz
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Julius-Maximilians-University, University of Wuerzburg, Oberduerrbacherstr.6, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corteville
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Julius-Maximilians-University, University of Wuerzburg, Oberduerrbacherstr.6, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Plaßmeier
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Julius-Maximilians-University, University of Wuerzburg, Oberduerrbacherstr.6, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jurowich
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Julius-Maximilians-University, University of Wuerzburg, Oberduerrbacherstr.6, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany.|Comprehensive Cancer Centre Mainfranken, University Hospital, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneiderstr. 6, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph-Thomas
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Germer
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Julius-Maximilians-University, University of Wuerzburg, Oberduerrbacherstr.6, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany. krajinovic_k@ukw.de.
authors.forename: Katica
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krajinovic
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014945:Wound Healing
keywords: Colorectal cancer; Negative pressure wound therapy; Rectum extirpation