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Split Thickness Skin Grafts (STSG)

Effectiveness of negative pressure closure in the integration of split thickness skin grafts: a randomized, double-masked, controlled trial.
Annals of Plastic Surgery. Nov 2006. Vol 244, No 5. 700-5. Llanos S, et al.
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy using gauze or polyurethane open cell foam: similar early effects on pressure transduction and tissue contraction in an experimental porcine wound model.
Wound Repair and Regeneration. Mar-Apr 2009. Vol 7, No 2. 200-5. Malmsjö M, Ingemansson R, Martin R, Huddleston E.
Assessment of gauze-based Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in the split-thickness skin graft clinical pathway – an observational study.
Eplasty. Mar 2011. Vol 16. Dunn RM, Ignotz R, Mole T, Cockwill J, Smith JM.
Use of gauze-based Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in a pediatric burn patient.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. December 2009. Volume 44. No 12. E 23-6. Psoinos CM, Ignotz RA, Lalikos JF, Fudem G, Savoie P, Dunn RM.

Full Thickness Skin Grafts (FTSG)

Evidence-based recommendation for the use of NPWT in traumatic wounds and reconstructive surgery: steps towards an international consensus.
Injury. Feb 2011. Suppl 1. S1-12. Runkel N, et al. International Expert Panel on Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.
Factors associated with positive outcomes in 131 patients treated with gauze-based Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.
International Journal of Surgery. Dec 2010. Dunn R, Hurd T, Chadwick P, Cote J, Cockwill J, Mole T, Smith J.

Skin Grafts (not burns)

Effectiveness of negative pressure closure in the integration of split thickness skin grafts: a randomized, double-masked, controlled trial.
Annals of Plastic Surgery. Nov 2006. Vol 244, No 5. 700-5. Llanos S, et al.
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy using gauze or polyurethane open cell foam: similar early effects on pressure transduction and tissue contraction in an experimental porcine wound model.
Wound Repair and Regeneration. Mar-Apr 2009. Vol 7, No 2. 200-5. Malmsjö M, Ingemansson R, Martin R, Huddleston E.
An algorithmic approach to the use of gauze-based Negative Pressure Wound Therapy as a bridge to closure in pediatric extremity trauma.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. May 2009. Volume 23, No 5. 1510-20. Chariker ME, Gerstle RL, Morrison, CS
NPWT settings and dessing choices. NPWT made easy.
Wounds International. May 2010. Volume 1, Issue 3. Malmsjö M, Borgquist O.
NPWT in everyday practice. NPWT made easy.
International 2010. Nov 2010 Volume 1, Issue 5. Henderson V, Timmons J, Hurd T, Deroo K, Maloney S, Sabo S.
Impact of gauze-based NPWT on the patient and nursing experience in the treatment of challenging wounds.
International Wound Journal. Dec 2010. Vol 7, No 6. 448-455. Hurd T, Chadwick P, Cote J, Cockwill J, Mole TR, Smith JM.
Assessment of gauze-based negative pressure wound therapy in the split-thickness skin graft clinical pathway – an observational study.
Eplasty. Mar 2011. Vol 16. Dunn RM, Ignotz R, Mole T, Cockwill J, Smith JM.
Evidence-based recommendation for the use of NPWT in traumatic wounds and reconstructive surgery: steps towards an international consensus.
Injury. Feb 2011. Suppl 1. S1-12. Runkel N, et al. International Expert Panel on Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.

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