title: Vacuum-assisted closure.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Viability Unit, Guy's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ballard
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baxter
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000628:therapy*; D014619:Vacuum Curettage; D014945:Wound Healing; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control