Growing body of evidence supports use of PICO◊ Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to address challenges of surgical incision c...
March 31 2015 - 11:01AM
Business Wire
Smith & Nephew (LSE:SN) (NYSE:SNN), the global medical
technology business, announces the conclusion of the 6th
International Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Expert
Meeting. 300 international experts convened in Berlin between
20-21st March. 35 speakers from 11 countries defined the challenges
of surgical site complications, sharing new evidence on clinical
outcomes of using Smith & Nephew’s PICO◊, a unique,
canister-free NPWT system for reducing closed incision
complications in high risk patients. Evidence for PICO on closed
incisions is growing in a number of surgical areas, including
orthopaedic, cardiothoracic and plastic surgery.1-4 The Meeting saw
data from 14 studies involving PICO, including 7 randomised
controlled trials across different niches.
6th International Negative Pressure Wound
Therapy (NPWT) Expert Meeting, Berlin (Photo: Business Wire)
Complications can be devastating for the patient and it’s
estimated they can double the cost of the initial surgery5. NPWT
helps prevent wound complications by stimulating blood flow in the
peri-incisional area, removing excess fluid, helping reduce oedema,
and stabilising the incision site by reducing lateral tension.
These actions work together to reduce complications such as
surgical dehiscence, seroma and haematoma formation and surgical
site infections (SSIs).6-9
A recent, international, multi-centre RCT3 involving 200
bilateral breast reduction patients found PICO significantly
reduced incidence of surgical dehiscence, and improved the visual
appearance of the scar at 42 and 90 days post-surgery. Professor
Donald Hudson, Head of Department, Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, South
Africa: “There’s no doubt that indications will extend to all
aspects of breast surgery such as onco-plastic and reconstructive
surgery. There are early suggestions that scarring is better with
PICO, so I see this product extending into cosmetic surgery.”
Mr John Murphy, Consultant Onco-plastic, Reconstruction and
Cosmetic Breast Surgeon at University Hospital South Manchester,
presented clinical experience of using PICO in complex breast
reconstructions after mastectomy. He underlined the need for
interventions to help oncology patients avoid psychological effects
of complications and the potential impact of therapies such as
chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Mr Michael Sugrue, Consultant Breast and General Surgeon,
Letterkenny General Hospital/UCHG, County Donegal: “The impact of
NPWT is enormous. We’ve opened our minds to the future: negative
pressure has a place in it.”
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