Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

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Each day millions of people receive some type of wound therapy after a surgery or an injury. To help with that recovery, health experts at Lee Memorial Health System are using a popular device that helps patients recover faster and safer. It’s called a negative pressure wound therapy. It works much like a vacuum seal. After foam is placed inside the wound, a vacuum assisted closure is placed on top. Once the machine is turned on, the wound is slowly pulled together.

“It helps bring the wound edges together. It helps remove the drainage. It controls any swelling inside the wound, stimulates the formation of granulation tissue which speeds up the entire wound healing process” said Marcus Scharre, a wound care supervisor with Lee Memorial Health System.

The device is used on more than six million wounds nationwide.

“Larger wounds can take a significant time to heal, so this speeds it up big time” said Scharre.

Negative wound pressure therapy is used on wounds that are too large or too deep for stitches or staples. Typically, patients wear the device for six to eight weeks.

“They’re used on a lot of different wounds” said Scharre. “Acute wounds, chronic wounds, surgical incisions, pressure ulcers, things like that.”

Before negative wound pressure therapy, health experts commonly used a system called wet to dry where they changed the patient’s dressing every day. With negative pressure wound therapy, the dressing is only changed three times a week.

When a patient leaves the hospital, they transition to a smaller, more portable wound vac. This allows patients to leave the hospital sooner while still receiving the treatment they need. The negative pressure wound therapy lowers the risk for infection by offering a quicker and safer wound closure.

Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, FL is the largest network of medical care facilities in Southwest Florida and is highly respected for its expertise, innovation and quality of care. For nearly a century, we’ve been providing our community with everything from primary care treatment to highly specialized care services and robotic assisted surgeries.

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I had one of these on a big abscess removal infection surgery l had done. I had it on my left butt cheek, they removed a piece of dead necrotic muscle, l almost died because of the infection which came about from uncontrolled diabetes. Long story short, l had the wound vac on for 4 days and saw nasty chunks being sucked into the vac. These wound vacs are an amazing piece of technology, mine had a saline water solution, that was pumped into the wound to clean it and then the vac wound gently suck out the saline into a canister in the vac, it was then taken off of me after the 4 days and my wound was left to heal. It left it super clean of any dead tissue and I'm am thankful to the Lord to be recovering nicely. God bless all the doctors who took care of me!!!

KingTrunkzdbz

I am 14 years old and have this on my stomach so I like these :)

cxndyhxterx

I'll be getting this soon. On my scalp, after skin cancer removal.

jamesmcniff

I actually had surgery 2 days ago for top surgery (trans guy here) and when i woke up this wound vac thing was attached to my chest. I didn't really hear what the doctor said it does since i was high still on anesthesia at the time so i came here in search of information and it's very interesting how it works!! Trans guys usually don't get this kind of treatment but i did ao I'm grateful. Normally we would have to wear a surgical post op binder.

shyryTsrk

I know I’m late and have a cringe name sorry. But I got into a atv accident and had a 4 in deep hole in my calf area and I had one of these until last week and they hurt like shit to change but tbh I miss it idk if I’m crazy but it kinda felt good when it sucked in and out. But yea I’m getting to where I can walk and even though your not my doctor thanks for helping others and saving their limbs and or anything else they need one on!

walmartbrandmetallica

Never heard of this treatment before but had to have one when a surgery developed a hematoma and infection. Looking at the open wound was awful and I was sure they were lying to me about how the scar would look after it healed.... you know, lots of filling scar tissue.... but no! It's still a scar. But the wound vac closed it completely. Only the first two or three changes really hurt to any super degree, and the vacum only got totally compromised once.

marycasey

I'm on week two, very painful dressing changes

jackbrown

appendix . this freaking thing hurts. i am on 2 weeks now and i cant stand the change of the vac the suction sucks.

teresaappleton

Changing the foam is the most painful thing happened to me

guldikilikaya

I am praying. It hurts and feels very uncomfortable.

petersampson

I am almost done with my dressing changes

dylondoak

Underwent this treatment after having emergency spinal surgery, had complications after being discharged post 1st op with just regular dressing. This treatment stings like a bitch come dressing change day and there were countless annoyances when the vacuum seal was compromised but there's definitely no denying its effectiveness.

jm_mort