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Use of Vacuum-Assisted Closure (VAC) for treatment of open abdomen has been established predominantly in cases of severe abdominal trauma, resulting with high percentage of primary fascial closure. The role of VAC technique in cases of severe diffuse peritonitis is not definitely incorrigible. However, in cases of severe complicated abdominal sepsis VAC come up as a last resort.

The dried fruits of the chaste tree Vitex agnus castus (VAC) were traditionally used by monks as a substitute for pepper and was therefore also called Monk’s pepper. For the last 50 years it is commercially provided for the treatment of premenstrual symptoms, particularly to prevent premenstrual mastodynia (mastalgia). Most studies were performed with the preparation containing an aqueous/ethan...

A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was whether vacuum-assisted closure therapy (VAC) is superior to conventional therapy for treating post-sternotomy mediastinitis. Altogether >261 papers were found using the reported search, of which 9 represented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The authors, journal...

To provide a cost-effective and safe replacement for human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG), we used DNA recombinant technology to express 3 human rabies virus-neutralizing human monoclonal antibodies (huMAbs) in a rhabdovirus vector (RhV). Infection of either baby hamster kidney cells or CHO cells, with the resulting RhV-huMAb recombinant viruses, yielded high-level production (< or =40 micro g/mL...

We have read with great interest the article by Rocco et al. [1] reporting right-sided post-pneumonectomy empyema management in 3 cases by open-window thoracostomy and the subsequent application of the vacuum-assisted closure device (VAC). Remarkably, the intrathoracic VAC therapy was performed in an outpatient setting with bedside changes of the wound dressing every 3 days. The authors describ...

background the vacuum assisted closure (vac) therapy has revolutionized the modern wound care. we developed a new concept of ‘vac at home’ in order to decrease the hospital cost. methods the study was conducted in a private hospital from january 2009 to december 2010. only those patients were included among whom the wounds were not complicated by concomitant injury and the patients were otherwi...

Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy has been shown to facilitate wound healing. Data on the mechanisms are scarce, although beneficial effects on blood flow and granulation tissue formation have been presented. In the current study, laser Doppler was used to measure microvascular blood flow to an inguinal wound in pigs during VAC therapy (-50 to -200 mmHg), including consideration of the diff...

INTRODUCTION Deep diabetic foot lesions pose an enormous therapeutic problem. The purpose of this study was to present the experience of the use of vacuum assisted closure (VAC) in the treatment of advanced and complicated diabetic foot lesions. MATERIAL AND METHODS Five cases of advanced diabetic foot that were treated with VAC were prospectively studied. Three patients were diagnosed with r...

A simple and low computational complexity system for bispeaker speech separation is proposed in this paper. The system is constructed of a voice activity classification (VAC) module and an adaptive bi-beamformer module for speech separation using a microphone array. The first module identifies active speaker(s) and allows the system to control the adaptation of the second module automatically. ...