The British journal of surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Randomized clinical trial of negative pressure wound therapy as an adjunctive treatment for small-area thermal burns in children.
The efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the acute management of burns remains unclear. The purpose of this trial was to compare standard Acticoat™ and Mepitel™ dressings with combined Acticoat™, Mepitel™ and continuous NPWT to determine the effect of adjunctive NPWT on re-epithelialization in paediatric burns. ⋯ Adjunctive NPWT hastened re-epithelialization in small-area burn injuries in children, but had a greater treatment burden than standard dressings alone. Registration number: ACTRN12618000256279 ( http://ANZCTR.org.au).
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No formal guidelines exist for surveillance pouchoscopy following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) for ulcerative colitis. ⋯ Surveillance pouchoscopy is not recommended in asymptomatic patients because significant neoplasia following IPAA for ulcerative colitis is rare.