HTA - 14/199/14

WHIST - Wound Healing In Surgery for Trauma

Project title: WHIST - Wound Healing In Surgery for Trauma

Call to action: 14/192 14/192 HTA CET Open Call, HTA EoI to Full Form

Research type: Primary Research

Chief investigator: Professor Matthew Costa

Contractor: University of Oxford

Cost: £1,655,969.00

Co-investigators: Dr Juul Achten, Dr Miguel Fernandez, Dr Nick Parsons, Mr Richard Grant, Mrs Suzanne Jones, Professor Jagdeep Nanchahal, Professor Jason Madan, Professor Julie Bruce.

Started: January 2016 | Status: Research in progress

ISRCTN: 12702354

There was no evidence of a difference between incisional negative-pressure wound therapy and standard dressings in the rate of deep surgical site infection at 30 days.

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