Vacuum-assisted complex wound closure with elastic vessel loop augmentation: a novel technique
S G Moran1, S T Windham, J M Cross
1Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. stephan.moran@ccc.uab.edu
Journal of Wound Care
|July 4, 2003
Abstract:
Patients with serious abdominal or soft-tissue injuries may require multistaged surgical management. The Vacuum-Assisted Closure device, used in combination with a shoelace technique, can promote fascial and soft-tissue approximation.


