A Retrospective Review of the Outcomes of Vacuum-assisted Closure Therapy in a Vascular Surgery Unit

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Author(s): 
Jennifer Ha, MBBS(Hons), Dip Surg Anat; Michael Phillips, M.Med.Sci; Kishore Sieunarine, FRACS, FRCSE, MBBS, DDU

     Vacuum-assisted closure, or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), is being used increasingly to treat chronic and complicated wounds since its effectiveness was documented in a pig model.1,2

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