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JR Vaskular NPWT
JR Vaskular NPWT
SSI
extended
length of unplanned
stay in readmission
hospital
economic
burden
previously designed for the
treatment of open wounds and first
NPWT
described in the early 1990s
postoperative
wound
complications
Data outcomes
length of stay
adverse
reactions or
device-related
Secondary complications
outcomes
QoL
Healing time
Cost
effectiveness
A comprehensive search strategy was designed by an experienced
health sciences librarian for the following electronic databases:
MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Central Register of
Controlled Trials
Search Searches were executed on November 26, 2018, and were limited
strategy to citations published from 1993
risk of bias Risk of bias (ROB) was assessed in duplicate using the Cochrane ROB
tool
Random-effects meta-analyses were
conducted using Review Manager 5.3 software
Mantele Haenszel risk ratios and 95%
confidence intervals (95% CI) were computed
Data Synthesis for dichotomous outcomes, and the mean
difference and 95% CI were computed for
continuous outcomes
Risk of bias Nearly 75% of trials were at a high ROB regarding blinding of
within studies participants and personnel
Vascular
urology (1
surgery (6
trial, N=50),
trials, N=742)
General cardiothoracic
surgery (7 surgery (4
trials, N=983) trials, N=232)
Obstetrics (8
neurosurgery
trials,
(1 trial, N=19)
N=1,977)
Limitations
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