Open AccessExternal Negative Pressure Dressing System(ENDPS) VS. Traditional Wound Dressing for Cesarean Section Incision in Obese Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Dalia Magdy Mokhtar Muhammad
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.33169/biomcase.bacroaoj-2-116
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , negative pressure wound therapy , cesarean delivery , randomized controlled trial , complication , surgical wound , anesthesia , pregnancy , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , genetics
What is already known on this subject? AND What does this study add? Obesity is associated with increased cesarean section delivery rates and surgical site wound complication with associated increased post-operative morbidity, post-operative pain and length of hospital stay. What does this study add? Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) technology could be used as a prophylactic measure to reduce surgical site wound complications in obese women undergoing cesarean section by immediate postoperative application in clean-contaminated, closed surgical incisions.