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Nguyen M, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Merritt RE, et al. Clinical Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Surgical Resection of Sternoclavicular Joint Infection: A Case Report. Cureus. 2016;8(10):e815doi: 10.7759/cureus.815.
Nguyen, M., Moffatt-Bruce, S. D., Merritt, R. E., & D'Souza, D. M. (2016). Clinical Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Surgical Resection of Sternoclavicular Joint Infection: A Case Report. Cureus, 8(10), e815. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.815
Nguyen, Michelle, et al. "Clinical Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Surgical Resection of Sternoclavicular Joint Infection: A Case Report." Cureus vol. 8,10 (2016): e815. doi: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.815
Nguyen M, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Merritt RE, D'Souza DM. Clinical Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Surgical Resection of Sternoclavicular Joint Infection: A Case Report. Cureus. 2016 Oct 04;8(10):e815. doi: 10.7759/cureus.815. PMID: 27843733; PMCID: PMC5101108.
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Cureus. 2016 Oct 04;8(10):e815. doi: 10.7759/cureus.815.

Clinical Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Following Surgical Resection of Sternoclavicular Joint Infection: A Case Report.

Cureus

Michelle Nguyen, Susan D Moffatt-Bruce, Robert E Merritt, Desmond M D'Souza

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center.

PMID: 27843733 PMCID: PMC5101108 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.815

Abstract

Septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) is a rare condition accounting for 0.5% of bone and joint infections. The majority of cases require joint resection and advancement flaps to provide coverage to the resulting wound defect. However, in the setting of an infected wound space, surgeons are often inclined to allow wound healing by secondary intention. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) can be an important adjunct to promote and shorten wound healing time following SCJ resection.

Keywords: clavicle; negative pressure wound therapy; septic arthritis; sternoclavicular joint infection; sternum

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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