Is there a role for NPWT and Instillation technology in the innovation of the future daily surgical clinical practice?
Between 1993 and 2010 the number of NPWT indications increased markedly in all surgical specialties. Simultaneously, more and more peer-reviewed articles dealing with NPWT were published. To play a ?role? in the future development of wound treatment, NPWT has to show a benefit for the patient, a progression in safety and efficacy as well as in cost-effectiveness, and prove in prospective, randomized, controlled clinical studies. Therefore, the recent evidence [NPWT] and future necessities in wound treatment should be discussed.�