How Does Vacuum-Assisted Closure Work? ‌Negative pressure wound therapy involves a special dressing connected to a pump that gently draws fluid and infection from the wound. A nurse will: Clean the ...

Hung Po-chung avoided surgery to mend his 80 sq cm gash, thanks to a new wound closure method involving massage, surgical tape and vacuum dressing. Nurses from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which ...

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 ...

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 ...