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APPLICATION OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE THERAPY

STANISLAVA LAGINJA orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-277X ; Special Hospital Thalassotherapia Crikvenica, Department of Dermatology, Crikvenica, Croatia
MARIN MARINOVIĆ ; Rijeka University Hospital Center, Center for Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine and University Department of Surgery, Department of Traumatology, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

Negative pressure therapy is gradually taking an increasingly important role in the treatment of chronic wound healing because of its simple application in hospital or outpatient setting and good comfort with no pain for the patient. Chronic wound healing is accelerated in comparison with other conservative treatments. The level of negative pressure is between 40 and 125 mm Hg below ambient. Direct and indirect effect of the negative pressure therapy helps in wound healing and provides good preparation for definitive surgical management of wounds.

Keywords

chronic woun; , negative pressure wound therapy

Hrčak ID:

167880

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/167880

Publication date:

23.10.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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