| CDC | Centers for Disease Control |
| CENTRAL | Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| ECDC | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| LOS | Length of Hospital Stay |
| MD | Mean Difference |
| NPWT | Negative Pressure Wound Therapy |
| NPD | Non-Pressure Dressing |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| PICO | Patient, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome |
| POSAS | Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SMD | Standardized Mean Difference |
| SR-SSI | Stoma Reversal Surgical Site Infection |
| SSI | Surgical Site Infection |
| VAS | Visual Analog Scale |