Systematic review of the negative pressure wound therapy in kidney transplant recipients

Table 1 Characteristics of studies

Ref.	Year	Country	No. of cases	No. of NPWT days	Indications
Iesari et al[36]	2015	Italy	1	Not described	Wound dehiscence
Bozkurt et al[33]	2015	Turkey	1	5	Primary surgery
Markic et al[34]	2014	Croatia	2	14, 21	Wound dehiscence
Franchin et al[35]	2014	Italy	1	45	Infected lymphocele
Zanus et al[26]	2011	Italy	1	180	Wound dehiscence, pancreatitis
Ortiz et al[27]	2011	United States	1	15	Wound infection
Heap et al[28]	2010	United Kingdom	2	Not described	Wound dehiscence, Urine leak
Thodis et al[29]	2009	Greece	1	Not described	Vibrio infection of leg
Devries et al[31]	2009	United States	1	Not described	Leg wound
Shrestha et al[30]	2007	United Kingdom	9	3, 5, 5, 5, 8, 10, 10, 15, 30	Wound dehiscence, infection
Hodzic et al[32]	2003	Germany	2	15	Wound dehiscence

NPWT: Negative pressure wound therapy.