Table 1.

All patients undergoing negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT)

Reason for therapy	Number of patients
Infections with metalwork in situ	16
Open fractures with tissue loss but no infection	11
Soft tissue cases with no metalwork involved, most of which had no infection present (compartment syndrome, septic arthritis of the shoulder, muscle repair, spinal decompression)	10
Metalwork removed prior to the use of NPWT	10
Infected arthroplasty/hemiarthroplasty	9
Died of an unrelated cause before completion of treatment	2
Transferred to another hospital during treatment	1
Did not tolerate NPWT	1