Table 3.

Contraindications of NPWT/ROCF

Contraindications to NPWT/ROCF include, but may not be limited to:

• Use of foam dressing in direct contact with exposed vital organs (blood vessels, anastomotic sites, organs or nerves)

• Non‐enteric and unexplored fistulas

• Inadequately debrided wounds with necrotic tissue with eschar

• Untreated osteomyelitis within the wound

• Presence of untreated coagulopathy

• Malignancy in the wound

• Sensitivity to silver

NPWT, negative pressure wound therapy; ROCF, reticulated open‐cell foam.