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Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy for the Treatment of Anastomotic Leakage after Total Gastrectomy with Esophagojejunostomy
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Use of vacuum assisted closure therapy in the palliation of a malignant wound
1St. Barnabas Hospice, Columbia Drive, Worthing, West Sussex. suzanne.ford.dunn@stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk
Palliative Medicine
|August 1, 2006
Abstract:
Vaccum assisted closure (VAC) therapy is a novel method of wound healing using topical negative pressure across the wound bed and containing all exudate within a sealed system. We report the use of VAC therapy to control pain and exudate of a malignant wound.
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