Table 1.

Wound contraction during NPWT in a porcine peripheral wound model. Wounds were sealed as for NPWT using pathogen‐binding mesh, foam or gauze, and then treated at negative pressures of −80 and −120 mmHg for 72 hours. The reduction in wound diameter was calculated as a percentage of the area before negative pressure was applied

	Pathogen‐binding mesh	Gauze	Foam
−80 mmHg	93·8 ± 0·4%	92·4 ± 0·9%	90·3 ± 1·6%*
−120 mmHg	93·1 ± 1·4%	94·6 ± 0·7%	89·7 ± 1·3%*

NPWT, negative pressure wound therapy.

^*P < 0·05; values are presented as means ± standard error of the mean (n = 8).