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Table 4 Summary of primary and secondary outcomes

From: The application of close incisional negative pressure wound therapy in revision arthroplasty among asian patients: a comparative study

 

ciNPWT

 

Control

 

P-value

Number of patients

%

Number of patients

%

Total Number

36

 

48

  

Primary outcomes

  Overall wound complications

3

8.3

7

14.6

0.504

  Septic wound complications

0

0

6

12.5

0.035*

  Aseptic wound complications

3

8.3

1

2.5

0.309

Secondary outcomes

  Length of hospital stay (Mean)

31.5

 

22.9

 

0.125

  Re-operations due to wound complications

0

0

1

2.1

1.000

  90-day perioperative mortality

0

0

1

2.1

1.000

  Readmission within 30 days of surgery

0

0

0

0

1.000

  1. * = statistical significance at p < 0.05