A Role for Postoperative Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Multitissue Hand Injuries
Table 2
Comparison between two groups.
Group 1 (conventional dressing)
Group 2 (NPWT)
value
Age (years)
41.38 ± 10.92
38.77 ± 1.68
0.375
HISS score
33.57 ± 1.86
35.73 ± 1.55
0.377
Time to recover over 90% of the ROM (days)
46.90 ± 2.05
33.30 ± 1.51
0.022
DASH score at one month
33.14 ± 1.68
22.67 ± 1.43
0.031
DASH score at one year
22.08 ± 2.03
20.99 ± 1.91
0.667
Complications
3
2
0.383
Hematoma
2
0
Infection
1
0
Wound disruption
0
2
NPWT: negative pressure wound therapy; HISS: Hand Injury Severity Scoring System; ROM: range of motion; DASH: Disability of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand questionnaire.
