BACKPAGE: Incisional Negative Pressure Therapy Could Migrate More Cases to ASCs

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Incisional Negative Pressure Therapy Could Migrate More Cases to ASCs

This preventive tool reduces the chances of SSI in high-risk patients

Over the past few years, the transition of total joint replacement surgeries out of the hospital and into the ASC has accelerated for Timothy Alton, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Proliance Surgery Center in Renton, Washington. A big reason for this increased shift has been his use of negative pressure therapy on incisions, he says.

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