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Prescribers: Wound Types
Wound Types
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is used for many acute and traumatic wounds and is indicated for a wide variety of chronic wounds as well. These wounds tend to be the complex and hard-to-heal wounds that do not respond to traditional therapies or wounds that are slow to heal.
 
 
  
V.A.C.® Therapy helps promote wound healing across a wide variety of acute and chronic wounds.

Find out more about how V.A.C.® Therapy helps specific wound types:
  • Acute Surgical Wounds
  • Pressure Ulcers
  • Ortho Trauma Wounds
  • Diabetic Wounds
  • Skin Grafts
  • Open Abdominal Wounds
  • Partial Thickness Burns
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    Only the V.A.C.® Therapy System is specifically indicated for a variety of wounds that may benefit from Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.  KCI has published a V.A.C.® Therapy Clinical Guidelines that provides information on wound-type specific applications, as well as warning, precautions, indications and contraindications for the V.A.C.® Therapy System.  View V.A.C.® Therapy Support Literature for access to Clinical Guidelines.

     

    Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles About V.A.C.® Therapy

    Search the Clinical Evidence - Journal Article Database by Wound Type