title: Bridge vacuum-assisted closure: a novel technique of using a single vacuum machine for multiple adjacent wounds.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a simple method of applying the VAC dressing to multiple wounds.
  
  
  METHODS
  Applying a VAC dressing using a sponge bridge to allow the simultaneous treatment of multiple wounds.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successful healing was achieved using this simple method.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of a simple sponge bridge allowed the simultaneous treatment of two adjacent wounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Lewisham, London, SE13 6LH, UK. dr_durai@yahoo.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Durai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mownah
authors.forename: P C H
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000628:therapy*; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*