Negative pressure wound therapy versus standard treatment in patients with acute conflict-related extremity wounds: a pragmatic, multisite, randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Andreas Älgå, PhD (Author), Rawand Haweizy, MD (Author), Khaldoon Bashaireh, MD (Author), Sidney Wong, MD (Author), Kalle Conneryd Lundgren, PhD (Author), Johan von Schreeb, ProfPhD (Author), Jonas Malmstedt, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: In armed conflict, injuries among civilians are usually complex and commonly affect the extremities. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is an alternative to standard treatment of acute conflict-related extremity wounds. We aimed to compare the safety and effectiveness of NPW...