NPWT vs the Bogota bag: Time to primary fascial closure of the abdomen
It is very uncertain whether NPWT changes time to primary fascial closure of the abdomen compared with the Bogota bag (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
NPWT vs the Bogota bag Time to primary fascial closure of the abdomen · adults with an open abdomen after surgery who have not experienced trauma It is very uncertain whether NPWT changes time to primary fascial closure of the abdomen compared with the Bogota bag (very low certainty). Negative pressure wound therapy for managing the open abdomen in non‐trauma patients (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | MD 3.6 | 1 study · 40 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative pressure wound therapy for managing the open abdomen in non‐trauma patients 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.