Making the Case: PICO™ Single-Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) in non-healing wounds

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Making the Case: PICO™ Single-Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) in non-healing wounds

20 July 2023

Non-healing wounds have been defined as those that fail to heal with standard therapy in an orderly and timely manner (Troxler et al, 2006). Nurses are repeatedly changing and dressing these wounds several times a week for months on end and, as a result, non-healing wounds are associated with considerable financial and resource burden that falls on outpatient, community and home care budgets (McCluskey et al, 2020; Hampton et al, 2022). Thirty percent of all wounds were identified as non-healing in 2017/18, and 67% of total expenditure was spent on managing these wounds (Guest et al, 2020); therefore, early identification of non-healing wounds, timely intervention and targeted use of advanced wound care products are essential to optimise future wound care services and outcomes for patients (Vowden, 2011; Guest et al, 2017). In particular, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has numerous benefits for non-healing wounds, including contraction of the wound edges to reduce wound size, volume and oedema, induced angiogenesis and granulation tissue formation, and improved tissue perfusion (WUWHS, 2018).

Disclaimer: This Making the Case guide was developed using the literature and data provided by Smith+Nephew
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