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Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Large Burn Wounds

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Burns, Infections and Wound Management

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Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has become a widely used and well-described treatment for acute and chronic wounds. The authors discuss advantages of XL-NPWT for large burns, infection prevention, promoting re-epithelialization, and fluid management. The techniques are described such as the “total body wrap” or “sandwich” technique, in which affected areas are sandwiched between large polyurethane dressings and silver-impregnated nonadherent foam that is applied to both recipient and donor sites, as well as over any intervening intact skin or burn wound. Although relatively new, XL-NPWT has proven to be safe and effective in treating burns ≥15% TBSA.

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  1. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    David E. Varon

  2. University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Jessica D. Smith

  3. Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK

    Riyam Mistry

  4. Department of Plastic Surgery, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Upper Malboro, MD, USA

    Neel A. Kantak

  5. Plastic Surgery Center of Asheville, Asheville, NC, USA

    Eric G. Halvorson

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Varon, D.E., Smith, J.D., Mistry, R., Kantak, N.A., Halvorson, E.G. (2018). Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy for Large Burn Wounds. In: Shiffman, M., Low, M. (eds) Burns, Infections and Wound Management. Recent Clinical Techniques, Results, and Research in Wounds, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/15695_2018_112

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