The PICO Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System (sNPWT) is an advanced dressing for use on closed incisions. This overview piece explores how more women with pre-pregnancy BMI of 30kg/m² or greater were satisfied with cesarean section scar appearance using the PICO System versus standard dressings.

The study found:

• Greater patient satisfaction with overall scar appearance with PICO sNPWT versus standard dressings (up to 12 months post surgery)
• Significantly fewer hatch marks with PICO sNPWT versus standard dressings (at 6 and 12 months post surgery; p<0.05)

Additionally, the use of PICO sNPWT in the substudy significantly reduced the incidence of SSIs compared with standard dressings (4.7 versus 9.9%; 52.5% relative reduction).