Successful Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Abdominal Wall Necrosis Caused by a Perforated Ascending Colon Using the ABThera System

<div>Photographs of the wound. The size of the open wound with visible granulation tissue was reduced using the ABThera System. (a) Postoperative day (POD) 10. (b) POD 25. (c) POD 30. (d) The abdominal wall defect was covered by a mesh split-thickness skin graft and anterolateral thigh flap.</div>

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Figure 5: Successful Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Abdominal Wall Necrosis Caused by a Perforated Ascending Colon Using the ABThera System 

Figure 5 | Successful Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Abdominal Wall Necrosis Caused by a Perforated Ascending Colon Using the ABThera System 