Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Fasciocutaneous Free-Tissue Transfer

The benefits of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) have stimulated investigation of its use in new clinical scenarios. Incisional NPWT applied to free tissue transfer has not been well defined. This may originate from concerns of dressing material obscuring frequent examination of the newly transferred tissue or risk of pedicle compression and potential for increased tissue loss. Our aim was to describe NPWT in fasciocutaneous free-tissue transfer.