Mechanically Powered Negative Pressure Dressing Enhances Surgical Incision Cosmesis: A Randomized Trial
The use of closed-incision negative pressure wound therapy with the application of a novel MP-NPD over surgical incisions resulted in clinical and statistically significant improvement in scar cosmesis in the early/intermediate postoperative period according to both physician and nonphysician observers.
Authors
- Kyle G. Cologne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4449-4220)
- Abhinav Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9197-0736)
- Brian H. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3222-3818)
- Jordan Martucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7010-2772)
- Aubrey Swinford
- Sarah Koller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8435-2876)
- Joongho Shin
Institutions
- Keck Hospital of USC (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/gox.0000000000006549
- Primary Topic
- Surgical Sutures and Adhesives
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00