Pellino, Sciaudone, Candilio, Campitiello, Selvaggi, Canonico, - NPWT reducing SSI in Crohn’s disease 1 Effects of a new pocket device for negative pressure wound therapy on surgical wounds of patients affected with Crohn’s disease: a pilot trial Gianluca Pellino, MD; Guido Sciaudone, MD, PhD; Giuseppe Candilio, MD; Ferdinando Campitiello, MD; Francesco Selvaggi, MD, EBSQ; and Silvestro Canonico, MD Unit of General and Geriatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery Second University of Naples Corresponding author for review process: Professor Francesco Selvaggi f-selvaggi@libero.it Corresponding author (correspondence, galley proofs, reprint requests): Professor Silvestro Canonico Department of Surgery University Hospital Piazza Miraglia 5, 80138 Naples, Italy Phone: + 39-81-5665278 Fax: + 39-81-5665278 Running title: NPWT reducing SSI in Crohn’s disease - G Pellino presented this study orally at the National Congress of Italian Surgery (Unità e Valore della Chirugia Italiana), held in Rome at the Auditorium Parco della Musica from 23 rd to 27 th of September 2012 - The devices (PICO) used in the present study were provided by Smith & Nephew; results and manuscript were not submitted to Smith & Nephew and will not be until publication