Abstract: The aim of the present study was to discuss laparotomy surgery, evaluate negative pressure wound therapy incident reduction of wound infections and other wound complications in patients, and also its efficiency. PubMed, Embase, and Google scholar databases were searched up to November, 2017 for published studies with English language and human subjects discussing the Efficiency of using negative pressure wound therapy to closed laparotomy incision. Surgical site infections such as wound infections are complications that are frequently related to a much longer span of hospital stay, raised readmission rates and also added treatments. All these elements increase price, induce bad patient satisfaction and also impact negatively performance measures by health care organizations. Several therapies have been defined in the past that result in reduce in wound infection rate as preoperative anti-biotics, skin preparing before surgery and surgical method. Negative pressure surgical incision management systems are a novel method in the effort to reduce wound infection rates.
Keywords: Complex Abdominal Wall Repair (CAWR), Laparotomy Surgery.
Title: Efficiency of Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Closed Laparotomy Incision: Review
Author: Dr. Sultan Jaber M Alfaifi, Dr. Salman Jubran F Almalki, Dr. Barrag Alhejab Alhazmi, Dr. Sameer Muttalib Ali Otayfah
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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