JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Patients undergoing unplanned abdominal surgical procedures are at increased risk of surgical site infection (SSI). It is not known if incisional negative pressure wound therapy (iNPWT) can reduce SSI rates in this setting. ⋯ Routine application of iNPWT to the closed surgical wound after emergency laparotomy did not prevent SSI more than other dressings.