surgical wound

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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]

↑ 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: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8805732
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40250455 Free article https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00143-6/fulltext