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Koenraadt, Annika

Or, Matan

Vallarino, Nicolas

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Closed-incision negative pressure wound therapy after front limb amputation in dogs

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Closed-incision negative pressure wound therapy after front limb amputation in dogsVallarino N., Koenraadt A., Devriendt N., Van Goethem B., Kitshoff A., Or M., de Rooster H.*Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan133, 9820 Merelbeke, BelgiumIntroduction: Closed-incision negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPWT) is a growing andpromising technique in human plastic surgery, but is poorly documented so far in veterinarymedicine. The aim of this prospective clinical study was to evaluate the effect of ciNPWT onpostoperative complications and subcutaneous inflammation following front limb amputationin large breed dogs.Materials and methods: Client-owned dogs weighing more than 20kg, presented for frontlimb amputation, were prospectively enrolled and randomly allocated to the control orciNPWT group. The surgical incisions were clinically and ultrasonographically graded atbandage removal (3 days postoperatively), and 10 days postoperatively, to assesssubcutaneous thickness and complications such as seroma formation. All data werecompared between groups.Results: Eleven dogs were included so far (6 control and 5 ciNPWT). At bandage removal, 5dogs in the control group and 3 dogs in the ciNPWT group showed subcutaneous seroma.Surgical site infections did not occur. All mean ultrasonographic subcutaneousmeasurements were lower in the ciNPWT group than in the control group, but statisticalsignificance was only reached for the middle aspect of the wound 3 days postoperatively (p =0.019).Conclusion: This study did not manage to show advantages of ciNPWT that reachedstatistical significance, likely due to the small number of patients and the suboptimal surgicalmodel. However, application of ciNPWT showed subjectively nicer surgical incisions andthinner subcutis postoperatively. More clinical studies with larger groups based on a morerepeatable model are warranted to further explore the potential benefits of ciNPWT.

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Closed-incision negative pressure wound therapy after front limb amputation in dogs

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