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World J Orthop. Nov 18, 2024; 15(11): 1015-1022
Published online Nov 18, 2024. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v15.i11.1015
Published online Nov 18, 2024. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v15.i11.1015
Effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy in complex surgical treatment of necrotizing fasciitis of the upper limb
Konstantin V Lipatov, Aleksandr D Kazantcev, Department of General Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow 119021, Russia
Arthur Asatryan, Denis V Krivikhin, Department of General Surgery, Wound and Wound Infection Surgery, State Budgetary Institution “City Clinical Hospital named after S.S. Yudin of Moscow Healthcare Department”, Moscow 115446, Russia
George Melkonyan, Department of General Surgery, Physician of The Hospital for War Ve
Ekaterina I Solov’eva, Irina V Gorbacheva, Urii E Cherkasov, Department of General Surgery, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119048, Russia
Author contributions: Lipatov KV performed conceptualization, and manuscript writing, review, and editing; Asatryan A and Melkonyan G performed methodology and writing of the original draft; Kazantcev AD performed visualization, and manuscript writing, review, and editing; Solov’eva EI and Gorbacheva IV performed investigation and writing of the original draft; Krivikhin DV and Cherkasov UE performed formal analysis and supervision.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved for publication by our Institutional Reviewer.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
Data sharing statement: The original anonymous dataset is available on request from the corresponding author at lipatov_k_v@staff.sechenov.ru.
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Corresponding author: Konstantin V Lipatov, DSc, MD, Full Professor, Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.V. Sklifosovsky, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Ro
Received: June 11, 2024
Revised: September 22, 2024
Accepted: October 10, 2024
Published online: November 18, 2024
Processing time: 156 Days and 12.7 Hours
Revised: September 22, 2024
Accepted: October 10, 2024
Published online: November 18, 2024
Processing time: 156 Days and 12.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Negative pressure wound therapy, performed after full surgical debridement for necrotizing fasciitis of the upper extremities, significantly reduces the duration of postnecrectomy wound preparation for surgical closure, thereby improving patient treatment outcomes.