Effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the prevention of post-operative surgical wound dehiscence in at risk patients following abdominal surgery; a multicentre randomised control trial.

Post operative wound healing plays a significant role in an individuals health and wellbeing following surgery. Current research has idenitifed that post surgical wound healing delays leads to increases in morbidity and mortality and increases the economic burden to wider healthcare system. The research will engage surgeons and clinicians in an interventional clinical trial of a negative pressure device, applied post-operatively to assist in the prevention of wound dehiscence and infection. The potential outcome of this trial will have a major impact in relation to post-surgical patient wound care and the potential to reduce the economic burden of post surgical wound dehiscence