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Topical Negative-Pressure Therapy in Wound Management

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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].

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  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, OX2 8HE, Oxford, Oxon, UK

    Paul E. Banwell BSc MB BS FrCS

  3. Plastische Chirurgie und Handchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Josef-Schneider-Str.2, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

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Thomas, G.P.L., Banwell, P.E. (2004). Topical Negative-Pressure Therapy in Wound Management. In: Téot, L., Banwell, P.E., Ziegler, U.E. (eds) Surgery in Wounds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59307-9_12

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