Standard dressings involve the application of a sealed, non-stick bandage or sticking plaster over the surgical wound. Negative-pressure wound therapy involves the application of a very similar sealed dressing but the non-stick surface of the dressing is connected to a very small pump which will gently suck any fluid away from the surface of the wound.

The treatment group you will enter, will be allocated using a computer with no information about you personally. You have the same chance to be entered in the NPWT group as in the standard dressing group. After your surgery, the research associate will be able to tell you which dressing group you were assigned to.

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