Table 3. Systematic review, outcomes.

Study (year)	Patients, (n)	Immediate response (<24 hours)	Full response	Duration of NPWT (days)	Complications associated with NPWT	Recurrence requiring intervention
Sciortino et al. (2009)	1	No, only stabilization	Yes	Unknown	None	No
Byun et al. (2013)	4	Yes	Yes	2–4	None	No
Towe et al. (2014)	1	No	Yes	6	None	No
Son et al. (2014)	10	Yes	Yes	3–14	None	No
Mihanović et al. (2018)	1	Yes	Yes	3	None	No
Sindi et al. (2019)	1	NR	Yes	NR	None	No
Taylor et al. (2020)	1	Yes	Yes	8	None	No
Prakash et al. (2020)	1	Yes	Yes	NR	None	No
Huan et al. (2020)	1	Yes	Yes	4	None	No
Wezel et al. (2020)	2	Yes	Yes	8 in one case, other case unknown	None	No
All patients	23	87% (20/23)	100% (23/23)	2–14	0% (0/23)	0% (0/23)

NPWT, negative pressure wound therapy; NR, not reported.