Effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in preventing incisional surgical site infection after stoma closure: a single institutional retrospective study
The findings of this study demonstrated that stoma closure with NPWT reduced the SSI rates remarkably. Therefore, NPWT should be considered for stoma closure procedures.
Authors
- Ritsuto Akutsu
- Heita Ozawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9318-3181)
- Shin Fujita
- Ryo Nakanishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3406-2456)
- Naoyuki Toyota
Institutions
- Tochigi Cancer Center (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgery Today
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-024-02983-y
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00