Low-cost topical negative pressure wound dressing system.
Poorly healing wounds are a bane to any surgical unit, but particularly in rural areas, and require a lot of effort to manage. One of the most effective recent methods that has been described is the application of topical negative pressure. We describe here a simple system made from the locally available materials that achieves this effect.
Gnanaraj
J
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Burrows Memorial Christian Hospital - Surgery, Alipur, Banskandi Post, Cachar District, Silchar, Assam 788101, India. jgnanaraj@gmail.com
D001458:Bandages / Q000191:economics; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011312:Pressure; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014945:Wound Healing