Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Preferred Label : Negative Pressure Wound Therapy;

NCIt synonyms : Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure; NPWT;

NCIt definition : A wound dressing system that continuously or intermittently applies subatmospheric pressure to the surface of a wound to draw out fluid and promote healing.;

Details

Origin ID

C159891;

UMLS CUI

C1956078;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Negative pressure wound therapy [MedDRA LLT]
- negative-pressure wound therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Negative pressure wound therapy [MedDRA LLT]
- Negative-Pressure wound therapy [MeSH concept]
- negative-pressure wound therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
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- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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