Table 4.

Lower limb group results

Patient number	Patient age	Early or late infection	Procedure	Time after first washout that NPWT was applied	Duration of NPWT	Number of NPWT changes	Long-term outcome
11	19 years	Early	Infection after tibial plateau fracture fixation	0 days	36 days	5	Metalwork retained, no infection, fracture union
12	50 years	Early	Total hip replacement periprosthetic fracture ORIF	3 days	27 days	4	Metalwork retained, no infection, fracture union
13	45 years	Early	Abscess after ankle fusion	0 days	15 days	2	Metalwork retained, no infection, metalwork removed electively 3 months after union
14	61 years	Late	Wound breakdown after ankle ORIF	2 days	39 days	5	Metalwork retained, no infection, fracture union
15	32 years	Late	Abscess 2 months into treatment of open fracture with external fixation as definitive fixation	0 days	33 days	4	Treated with external fixation, no infection, fracture union
16	22 years	Early	Infection after tibial ORIF	0 days	14 days	2	Metalwork retained, no infection, fracture union, plate removed electively at a later date

NPWT = negative pressure wound therapy; ORIF = open reduction internal fixation