Advance in Wound Care: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Quality of care is the slogan of all health care institutions. In order to meet the standards advanced techniques are adopted. In wound dressing also there are various advanced wound care procedures, among them Negative Pressure Wound Therapy is widely practised. Negative pressure wound therapy also called vacuum therapy, Vacuum assisted closure, vacuum sealing or topical negative pressure therapy is a sophisticated development of a standard surgical procedure, the use of vacuum assisted drainage to remove blood or serous fluid from a wound or operation site.