Mostafa Saber Ibrahim Ahmed <br/><br/>
Efficacy of vacuum assisted closure therapy on pressure ulcers /  
 تأثير علاج الشفط المساعد المغلق على قًرح الضغط 
Mostafa Saber Ibrahim Ahmed ; Supervised Adel Abdelhamid Nossier , Wael Naeem Thabet , Ashraf Hassan Mohammed 
 - Cairo :   Mostafa Saber Ibrahim Ahmed ,   2015 
 - 127 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery 
<br/><br/> The current study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in the enhancement of pressure ulcer wound healing. Thirty patients with pressure ulcers grade III, or IV were randomly divided into two groups (treatment group and control group). Treatment group received vacuum therapy daily beside medical treatment, the control group received standard medical treatment. The methods of assessment were wound surface area, ulcer depth and evaluation of wound infection. The results showed that there was a significant decrease in wound surface area and wound depth in treatment group compared to the control group. Vacuum assisted closure therapy is an effective modality in the enhancement and acceleration of pressure ulcer wound healing 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Pressure ulcers Vacuum assisted closure Wound healing