Abstract

Short Communication

Management and use of vacuum systems in a surgery ward

Pilar Aragundez Marcos, Eugenia Gómez Fuentes, Manuela Moreno Monrobe, María Oliva Artilllo Picón, Mª del Rocío Mendoza Talaverón, Inés Mª Fernández Luque and Rosa M Jimenez-Rodriguez* and Francisco Javier Padillo Ruiz

Published: 31 March, 2023 | Volume 7 - Issue 1 | Pages: 006-008

Vacuum therapy has become a new option in the treatment of wounds in surgery. More recently this therapy has also been used as a treatment for anastomotic leakages in association or not to emergency surgery. The management of these devices should be familiar to all the staff in a surgical ward.

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