Closed incision negative pressure wound therapy is associated with reduced surgical site infection after emergency laparotomy: A propensity matched–cohort analysis
J Ng Cheong Chung, Omar M. Ali, Emma Hawthornthwaite, Thomas Watkinson, Ursula Blyth, Niamh McKigney, Deena Harji, Ben Griffiths
Topics & Concepts
MedicineLaparotomyPropensity score matchingSurgeryNegative-pressure wound therapyCohortMortality rateCohort studyEmergency departmentComplicationEmergency medicineInternal medicinePsychiatryAlternative medicinePathologySurgical site infection preventionAbdominal Surgery and ComplicationsColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments