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Medicine

Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy for Complex Wound Healing

Quick fact

Vacuum-assisted closure therapy can reduce wound volume by about 50% in just a few days, and it has been used to treat over a million wounds worldwide.

Why this is interesting

Imagine a wound that won't heal, despite weeks of dressing changes. What if applying a vacuum to that wound could dramatically speed up the healing process?