Negative pressure wound therapy management of the “open abdomen” following trauma: a prospective study and systematic review

Table 6 Comparison with published literature

Reference	Method	n	Fascial closure	Mortality	Fistula
This Study	RENASYS -AB	20	13 (65%)	4 (20%)	1 (5%)
Miller et al. 2004 [12]	VAC™	53	38	8 (15%)	1 (2%)
Garner et al. 2003 [6]		14	13	NR	0
Suliberk et al. 2003 [13]		29	25	6 (21%)	2 (8)
Stone et al. 2004 [14]		48	23	16 (33%)	2 (4%)
Weinberg et al. 2008 [15]		9*	6	NR	NR
Arigon et al. 2008^†[16]		22	6	3 (14%)	0
Batacchi et al. 2010 [17]		35*	NR	8 (23%)	NR
Labler et al. 2005 [18]		18	12	5 (33%)	0
Total patients reporting relevant end-point		228	193	205	5
Weighted mean (%)			63.7	23.5	2.7

NR = Not Recorded. NA = Not Applicable. * refers to the relevant subgroup (treated with NPWT) of a wider analysis. ^† data extracted from abstract only (article in French). All studies described traumatic patients except Arigon et al. [16] and Batacchi et al. [17] who described a mixed group of aetiologies with the majority of reported patients being relevant to this study.

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