Single use negative-pressure wound therapy: Are we being sucked in?

Single use negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) devices (PICOTM Smith and Nephew and PrevenaTM Acelity,) have been marketed as a significant advancement in wound care providing a more comfortable and user-friendly experience than their cumbersome re-usable competitors.1 A small, light weight pump, powered by batteries, and small enough to fit easily into a pocket, unobtrusively delivers 80mmHg (PICOTM) or 125mmHg (PrevenaTM) of continuous negative pressure.

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