Vacuum Assisted Wound Closure Therapy

SBU Alert is a service provided by SBU in collaboration with the Medical Products Agency, the National Board of Health and Welfare, and the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions Technology and target group Vacuum assisted closure therapy is used for many different types of wounds that require secondary healing (i.e. from the wound floor and edges). Reasons could be that the wound is infected, that the tissue near the wound is damaged or swollen, or that a healing wound has opened. Generally, patients with such wounds are severely ill and often require a long period of hospital care. Also, mortality is high in some categories of patients.