Diabetes Complications

V.A.C. Therapy shown effective and safe for healing diabetic foot amputation wounds

Published in Biotech Business Week, December 26th, 2005

A study recently published in the The Lancet (2005; 366; 366) by Dr. David G Armstrong and Lawrence A Lavery, investigated whether negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) improves the proportion and rate of wound healing after partial foot amputation in patients with diabetes.

Study findings include:

-V.A.C. Therapy significantly heals a larger proportions of diabetic foot amputations wounds compared to other advanced wound products

-V.A.C. Therapy significantly heals diabetic foot ulcers faster than other advanced wound products

-V.A.C. Therapy proves to produce a more rapid and robust granulation tissue...

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Source: Biotech Business Week (2005-12-26)

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