Topical Negative-Pressure Therapy in Wound Management

  • G. P. L. Thomas
  • P. E. Banwell
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Abstract

Topical negative pressure therapy (TNP) is the application of a local sub-atmospheric pressure across a wound [1]. It is a novel non-pharmacological physical method of promoting wound healing.TNP has found a routine role in acute wound management, the down-staging and temporisation of complex trauma prior to surgery, in chronic wound treatment and in the management of patients with a poor operative risk [2]. The evidence base for TNP is rapidly expanding, although it has been considered controversial in some quarters [2, 3].

Keywords

Pressure Ulcer Chronic Wound Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Subatmospheric Pressure 
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