A UCT researcher has made a significant advance in the field of wound care by developing a self-regulating vacuum dressing for wounds. University of Cape Town (UCT) doctoral student Dr Nicolas ...

Solventum (NYSE: SOLV ) today announced the launch of the V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing , an integrated dressing and drape that can be applied in less than two minutesi and worn by patients for up ...

A new form of plaster which acts like a vacuum pump could help tackle wounds that are hard to heal. The hi-tech dressing sucks out dead tissue, bacteria and debris from the wound that can hinder the ...

FORT SILL, Okla. (Jan. 21, 2016) -- Imagine having a wound on your body that would not heal for more than half your life. Three-year-old Payton Hanson has dealt with just that scenario, but thanks to ...

Traumatologists who conducted a multicenter trial into closing high-risk lower extremity fractures with standard dressings vs. negative-pressure wound therapy found the vacuum-assisted closure ...

3.1 The evidence assessed by the external assessment centre (EAC) included 19 studies, all of which were full-text peer-reviewed publications. Of the included studies, 9 were comparative studies (3 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients presenting with a draining wound more than 2 weeks after surgery should be treated for a probable ...

4.1 The committee noted that the evidence for VAC Veraflo Therapy system compared with negative pressure wound therapy was mainly from retrospective observational studies of low methodological quality ...