NPWT Featured Articles

SAWC Insights

07/26/2021

Ibby Younis, MBBCh, MRCS (Eng), MSc, FRCS (Plast), shares his experience on using a full NPWT bra in a bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy.

Ibby Younis, MBBCh, MRCS (Eng),...

07/26/2021

Wound Care

SAWC Insights

Important Changes in NPWT

07/26/2021

Ibby Younis , MBBCh, MRCS, MSc, FRCS;

Ibby Younis, MBBCh, MRCS (Eng), MSc, FRCS (Plast), gives a quick elevator pitch on what to expect in his SAWC Spring, "What's New in NPWT" session, which discusses the newest innovations and revolutions in NPWT.

Ibby Younis, MBBCh, MRCS (Eng),...

07/26/2021

Wound Care

Podcast

Patient Adherence With Medela's NPWT System

05/14/2021

In this podcast, David Davidson, DPM, and Patrick Schwab, BS, MBA, discuss patient adherence when being treated with Medela's NPWT system.

In this podcast, David Davidson,...

05/14/2021

Wound Care

Conference Insights

The Negative Pressure Revolution: Single-Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

05/07/2021

Robert S. Kirsner , MD, PhD;

Over the past few years, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has undergone a transformation. Single-use NPWT (sNPWT) devices have been developed to allow patients more and better options. Previous data1 comparing different traditional NPWT...

Over the past few years,...

05/07/2021

Wound Care

Blog

NPWT Patient Healing Success Starts With Proper Equipment Training

04/09/2021

Gary Schear ;

Through diligent and ongoing negative pressure wound therapy equipment training, clinicians can be better informed with resources and tools to successfully heal their patients.

Through diligent and ongoing...

04/09/2021

Wound Care

From the Editor

How NPWT Changed Wound Care and Why We Need to Think Like Oncologists

09/03/2019

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

My suite-mate in college used to refer to vacuuming as “Hoovering.” The first manufacturer of technology often becomes synonymous for the technology itself. I still remember the first time a representative from KCI came to talk to me about a...

My suite-mate in college used to...

09/03/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Let's Be Frank

The Importance of Nutrition in Reducing Pressure Ulcers

07/03/2019

Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC;

It is estimated that more than 2.5 million patients in the United States are being treated for pressure ulcers/injuries in acute care facilities each year and that 60,000 die from their complications.1 Patients admitted to the hospital are...

It is estimated that more than...

07/03/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Blog

Legislative Update: Taking Action to Improve Transparency & Accountability of LCDs for CTPs, Hyperbarics, and Negative Pressure

06/08/2017

Marcia Nusgart, RPh

06/08/2017

Today's Wound Clinic