SWHSI-2 Papers!
New papers…
SWHSI-2 has reported…
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is…
No better.
Not cost-effective.
Expensive.
No change in:
Pain
Time to healing
Infections
Adverse events
plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose
I enjoyed my time on the Trial Steering Committee - thank you for the opportunity.
Anyway, here are the papers so far.
Main Paper:
SWHSI-2 - Lancet Paper00143-6)
Cost-effectiveness paper:
SWHSI-2 - BJS Paper
Essentially NPWT does nothing better than normal care. Obviously in some circumstances can be helpful, but rarely.
Terrifyingly mean healing time of these wounds is 6 months!
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