Impact of incisional negative pressure wound therapy on perineal wound healing after abdominoperineal rectum extirpation

Introduction Perineal wound healing disorders are one of the major complications following abdominoperineal rectum extirpation. Methods and results We evaluated the impact of an “incisional negative pressure wound therapy” (iNPWT) system after abdominoperineal rectum extirpation in six patients. All patients had a neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy with 50.4 Gy and 5-FU. Five of the six patients (83%) experienced complication-free healing of the perineal wound after 5 to 12 days of iNPWT. One patient developed a wound healing disorder 8 days after abdominoperineal rectum extirpation during current iNPWT. Discussion Use of an iNPWT system can be of favor after abominoperineal rectum extirpation.