Meta-analysis Comparing Outcomes of Two Different Negative Pressure Therapy Systems in Closed Incision Management.

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open · 2019 · PMC6635196 · PMID 31624675

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a trend toward significanceno p-value reported

Although results of meta-analysis 2 do not significantly favor MLA over control groups, there is a trend toward significance.

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marginally significantno p-value reported

Of the MLA studies, one study shows a statistically significant difference 28 and one study shows a marginally significant difference favoring MLA versus control, 25 whereas 2 studies (Tuuli et al 26 and Uchino et al 27 ) show a higher rate of SSIs in the MLA group and the remaining 4 studies show a slightly lower rate of SSIs in the MLA group.

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