Suelo-Calanao RL, Thomson R, Read M, et al. - Researchers examined if and how closed incision negative pressure therapy (ciNPT) affects sternal wound infection (SWI) incidence following cardiothoracic surgery in high-risk patients. They conducted a retrospective study including patients 3 years before the introduction of ciNPT (Control group) and 3 years after ciNPT availability (ciNPT group). They assessed, in all, 1,859 patients with 927 in the Control group and 932 in the ciNPT group. Outcomes revealed reduced SWI incidence post sternotomy in patients at risk for developing SWI in correlation with receiving ciNPT. However, this did not result into shorter hospital stay or mortality.