Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Does Not Affect Deep Surgical Site Infection Rates in Neuromuscular Scoliosis Surgery.
Mascarenhas D, Nasra M, Tawfik A, Ghazi J, Ishmael T, Therrien P, Bowe J, Tuason D. Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Does Not Affect Deep Surgical Site Infection Rates in Neuromuscular Scoliosis Surgery. Orthopedics 2023, 46: 373-378. PMID: 37018618, DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20230329-03.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncisional negative pressure wound therapyPosterior spinal instrumented fusionDeep surgical site infectionSurgical site infectionNegative pressure wound therapyNeuromuscular scoliosisPressure wound therapyWound therapyDeep surgical site infection rateSurgical site infection rateAnterior spinal releaseDeep SSI ratesNeuromuscular scoliosis surgeryStandard postoperative dressingsCohort of patientsSpinal instrumented fusionLength of stayTransfusion requirementsDevastating complicationSSI ratesBlood lossConsecutive patientsInstrumented fusionSite infectionSpinal release