Effect of Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Dressing on Surgical-Site Infection in Obese Women After Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial

(Abstracted from JAMA 2020;324:1180–1189) Surgical-site infection is a significant cause of morbidity, lengthening hospital stays and contributing to health care costs. Cesarean delivery increases the risk of surgical site infection, and obesity contributes to this risk because obese pregnant women are more likely to have cesarean deliveries.