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Evidence-based recommendations for the use of negative pressure wound therapy in traumatic wounds and reconstructive surgery: Steps towards an international consensus

  • N. Runkel*
  • , E. Krug
  • , L. Berg
  • , C. Lee
  • , D. Hudson
  • , H. Birke-Sorensen
  • , M. Depoorter
  • , R. Dunn
  • , S. Jeffery
  • , F. Duteille
  • , A. Bruhin
  • , C. Caravaggi
  • , M. Chariker
  • , C. Dowsett
  • , F. Ferreira
  • , J. M.Francos Martínez
  • , G. Grudzien
  • , S. Ichioka
  • , R. Ingemansson
  • , M. Malmsjo
  • P. Rome, S. Vig, R. Martin, J. Smith
*Corresponding author for this work
    • Black Forest Hospital
    • University of Freiburg
    • Leiden University
    • University of Eastern Finland
    • University of California at San Francisco
    • University of Cape Town
    • Hamlet Hospital
    • AZ Sint-Jan AV
    • University of Massachusetts Medical School
    • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
    • CHU de Nantes
    • Department of Trauma and Visceral Surgery
    • Instituto Clinico Citta' Studi
    • Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Institute
    • Tissue Viability
    • Hospital Pedro Hispano
    • University of Barcelona
    • John Paul II Hospital, Krakow
    • Saitama Medical University
    • Lund University
    • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
    • Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
    • Smith & Nephew

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    146 Citations (SciVal)
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)S1-S12
    JournalInjury
    Volume42
    Issue numberSUPPL.1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - Feb 2011

    Funding

    Authors Jenny Smith and Robin Martin are employees of Smith & Nephew. The International Expert Panel on Negative Pressure Wound Therapy is funded by an unrestricted educational grant provided by Smith & Nephew. Where no further conflicts of interest are stated, none are known to exist. In addition to this funding the following financial relationships exist:

    Keywords

    • Consensus
    • Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)
    • Recommendations
    • Reconstructive closure
    • Systematic review
    • Traumatic wounds

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