Meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies of closed incisional negative pressure wound therapy versus standard wound dressing in the prevention of surgical site infections for patients undergoing surgeries for lower extremity fractures

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Big Data Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ² Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Institution shared with University Hospital Brno, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Jihlavská 20, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic; MEDICent Clinic, Na Ctvrti 22, 70300 Ostrava, Hrabuvka, Czech Republic; Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Emergency Medicine, University of Ostrava, Syllabova 19, 703 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic.
• ³ Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Institution shared with University Hospital Brno, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Jihlavská 20, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Clinic of Plastic and Aesthetic surgery, St. Anne's University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Pekarska 664/53, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
• ⁴ Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asia University Hospital, Asia University College of Medical and Health Science, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Food Nutrition and Health Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan; Big Data Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: hsutangcheng@gmail.com.