Prophylactic negative-pressure wound therapy using the open method is associated with reduced surgical site infection after emergency lower gastrointestinal surgery: A retrospective cohort study with propensity score analyses.

Medicine (Baltimore) · 2025 · PMC12212818 · PMID 40587691

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did not reach statistical significanceP = .275not close (p > 0.1)

Patients with high initial pressure (≥100 mm Hg) developed incisional SSI less frequently than those with low initial pressure (<100 mm Hg); however, the difference did not reach statistical significance [14.3% (2/14) vs 33.3% (9/27), P = .275].

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