EWMA Document: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. Overview, Challenges and Perspectives

However, due to the low evidence level the treatment remains controversial from the policy maker and health-care system’s points of view - particularly with regard to evidence-based medicine.

In response EWMA has established an interdisciplinary working group to describe the present knowledge with regard to NPWT and provide overview of its implications for organisation of care, documentation, communication, patient safety, and health economic aspects.

Jan Apelqvist et al.
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital of Malmö, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden, Division for Clinical Sciences, University of Lund, 221 00 Lund, Sweden;

Citation reference

Apelqvist, J., Willy, C., Fagerdah, A.M. et al.
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy – overview, challenges and perspectives. J Wound Care 2017; 26: 3, Suppl 3, S1–S113