TY - JOUR JO - Leczenie Ran SN - 1733-4101 PY - 2019 ID - Kozłowska2019 TI - The use of vacuum therapy in medicine AB - Negative pressure wound therapy or vacuum therapy is successfully used in many branches of medicine for years and the list of its uses is constantly growing. Its most common usage is in the treatment of sharp and chronic wounds. It is used in diabetic foot syndrome, necrotizing fasciitis, soft tissues traumas, burns, ulcers and hardly curing postoperative wounds. This method depends on creating negative pressure inside the wound, lower than atmospheric pressure. Negative pressure improves microcirculation at the bottom of the wound, stimulates creation of new capillaries, proliferation of cells and forming granulation tissues inside the wound. AU - Kozłowska, Elżbieta AU - Popow, Aleksandra AU - Kwiatkowska, Oliwia SP - 79 EP - 83 DA - 2019 DO - 10.5114/lr.2019.94620 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/lr.2019.94620 ER -