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What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 4 findings · 2 reviews

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Negative pressure wound therapy vs usual care

Proportion of wounds healed · people with leg ulcers undergoing a punch skin‐graft

Negative pressure wound therapy showed no clear difference in proportion of wounds healed compared with standard care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Negative pressure wound therapy for treating leg ulcers 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1 [0.91, 1.1]
1 study · 60 participants
Low

Negative pressure wound therapy vs conventional open wound healing

Proportion of wounds healed · adults with open wounds after surgery for sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease

It is very uncertain whether topical negative pressure wound therapy changes proportion of wounds healed at 30 days compared with conventional open wound healing (very low certainty).

3 findings from 1 review

Dressings and topical agents for the management of open wounds after surgical treatment for sacrococcygeal pilonidal… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 3.6 [0.49, 26.54]
1 study · 19 participants
Very low
Dressings and topical agents for the management of open wounds after surgical treatment for sacrococcygeal pilonidal… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Dressings and topical agents for the management of open wounds after surgical treatment for sacrococcygeal pilonidal… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found