Wound Dressings for Obese Women After Cesarean Delivery/Wound Dressings for Obese Women After Cesarean Delivery-Reply

Tuuli and Harper respond to comments by Vo and Richards regarding their article on wound dressings for obese women after cesarean delivery. Vo and Richards express concerns about the difference in duration of the prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy device vs standard wound dressing in the s...

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 325; no. 7; p. 693
Main Authors Vo, Uyen G, Richards, Toby, Tuuli, Methodius G, Harper, Lorie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Medical Association 16.02.2021
Subjects
Cesarean section
Dehiscence
Medical dressings
Obesity
Pressure
Therapy
Wound healing
Wounds
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Summary:Tuuli and Harper respond to comments by Vo and Richards regarding their article on wound dressings for obese women after cesarean delivery. Vo and Richards express concerns about the difference in duration of the prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy device vs standard wound dressing in the study. As a pragmatic trial, the study compared effects of typical use of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy and standard wound dressing. The average duration of use of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy was 4 days, which is within the 2 to 7 days recommended by the manufacturer. Similarly, consistent with practice in most clinical settings in the US, the duration of standard wound dressing was 24 to 48 hours, and new dressings were not placed after the initial dressing was removed, unless there was a complication such as wound dehiscence.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2020.24195