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Journal Article
Letter to the editor: Negative pressure wound therapy for infection control
2025
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Correspondence to Dr Michael J Jung; michael.jung.md.mba@gmail.com We read with great interest the recently published guidelines by Provenzano et al, ‘ASRA Pain Medicine consensus practice infection control guidelines for regional anesthesia and pain medicine’, which provided a comprehensive review of infection prevention strategies in our field.1 We noted, however, the absence of discussion regarding the role of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in infection prevention, such as in implantable therapies. There is high-quality evidence supporting the use of NPWT dressings to reduce surgical site infections (SSIs).2 3 This evidence includes a Cochrane systematic review titled ‘NPWT for surgical wounds healing by primary closure’ by Norman et al, which analyzed 7447 patients in 44 randomized controlled trials and 5 economic studies.2 The findings indicate with moderate-certainty evidence that surgical wounds treated prophylactically with NPWT experience fewer SSIs than those treated with standard dressings. MJJ, AS, CC and SP made substantial contributions to the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data for the work; drafting the work and reviewing it critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the version to be published and agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
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BMJ Publishing Group Ltd,BMJ Publishing Group LTD
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