- Recommendation ID
- NG37/01
- Question
Temporary dressings for up to 72 hours between wound excision and definitive soft tissue cover: What is the most clinically and cost effective temporary (up to 72 hours) dressing (including negative pressure dressings) for open fractures after wound excision for:
- minimising the number of dressing changes or supplementary dressings
- minimising the number of associated bedding changes
- acceptability for patients, for example, in terms of minimising pain
- minimising nursing time.
- Any explanatory notes
(if applicable) For a short explanation of why the committee made this recommendation for research, see the rationale section on temporary dressings for open fractures after wound excision but before definitive tissue cover.
Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in evidence review A: negative pressure wound therapy for temporary closure of open fractures.
Source guidance details
- Comes from guidance
- Fractures (complex): assessment and management
- Number
- NG37
- Date issued
- February 2016
Other details
| Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? | No |
| Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register? | No |
| Last Reviewed | 30/11/2022 |