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surgical wound
Management:
- white petrolatum covered with non-stick dressing
- negative-pressure wound therapy offers no benefit vs standard wound care in lower extremity surgical wounds healing by secondary intention [2]
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postoperative complication
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surgical site infection
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wound
References
- Smack DP, Harrington AC, Dunn C et al
Infection and allergy incidence in ambulatory surgery patients
using white petrolatum vs bacitracin ointment. A randomized
controlled trial.
JAMA. 1996 Sep 25;276(12):972-7.
PMID: 8805732
- Arundel C et al.
Negative pressure wound therapy versus usual care in patients with
surgical wound healing by secondary intention in the UK (SWHSI-2):
An open-label, multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial.
Lancet 2025 Apr 15; [e-pub].
PMID: 40250455 Free article
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00143-6/fulltext