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Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention is not cost-effective

  • By

  • Pedro Saramago

  • Athanasios Gkekas

  • Catherine E Arundel

  • Ian C Chetter

  • the SWHSI-2 Trial Investigators

  • Belen Corbacho Martin

  • Catherine Hewitt

  • Andrew Mott

  • Samantha Swan

  • David Torgerson

  • Jacqueline Wilkinson

  • Sabeen Zahra

  • Jane Blazeby

  • Rhiannon Macefield

  • Stephen Dixon

  • Josie Hatfield

  • Angela Oswald

  • Jo Dumville

  • Matthew Lee

  • Thomas Pinkney

  • Nikki Stubbs

  • Lyn Wilson

  • May 6, 2025

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    Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has limited evidence supporting its clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention.

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    The study found NPWT associated with higher costs and marginally higher quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) compared to standard dressings.

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    The estimated probability of NPWT being cost-effective was less than 30%, indicating significant uncertainty in its economic viability.

  • 4

    No clear evidence was found that NPWT reduced healing time or complications compared to standard dressings in the SWHSI-2 trial.

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    The economic analysis utilized a Markov model to evaluate NPWT against standard dressings over a patient's lifetime from the UK healthcare perspective.

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Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention is not cost-effective

  • by Pedro Saramago, Athanasios Gkekas, Catherine E Arundel, Ian C Chetter, the SWHSI-2 Trial Investigators, Belen Corbacho Martin, Catherine Hewitt, Andrew Mott, Samantha Swan, David Torgerson, Jacqueline Wilkinson, Sabeen Zahra, Jane Blazeby, Rhiannon Macefield, Stephen Dixon, Josie Hatfield, Angela Oswald, Jo Dumville, Matthew Lee, Thomas Pinkney, Nikki Stubbs, Lyn Wilson

  • May 6, 2025

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