Introduction
A webinar in association with BASO (The Association For Cancer Surgery)
A collection of material to support education that surgical site complications can impact on long term survival after oncological surgery and that the use of NPWT is an important strategy to reduce the risk of surgical site complications.
This module is a based on a collection of e-learning lectures from a webinar delivered in September 2020.
Pre-requisites
- None
What you will learn
- Describe types of surgical site complications
- Understand the evidence that shows surgical site complications can affect long term survival after oncology surgery
- Justify the use of PICO◊ sNPWT with supporting evidence that it may reduce the risk of surgical site complications, especially in breast cancer surgery
- Review the mode of action (MOA) of NPWT
Contributors
- Dr Edmund Leung, New Zealand
- Dr John Murphy, United Kingdom
- Dr Hanne Birke-Sorensen, Denmark
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Accreditations
Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS Eng)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England*
*This Smith+Nephew Medical Education eLearning content is accredited by the RCS (Royal College of Surgeons of England) as part of the centre accreditation. You will receive a certificate of attendance upon full completion of the module.
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