European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background:  The vacuum assisted closure (VAC) is a new technique for wound management using negative pressure. It has proved to be very promising in the treatment of wide variety of wounds. Though there are various prepared and manufactured vacuum assisted closure dressing materials are available at commercial level, these are  unaffordable and unavailable to poor patients in government hospitals. So we developed a concept of custom made VAC which has been found to be effective, affordable and easily available in the wound management of patients in hospital and this study was done to assess the effectiveness of it. Materials and Methods: The custom made Vacuum Assisted Closure dressing was used for the management of wounds which presented to our hospital. The study was conducted in a government hospital from July 2020 to June 2021. The study includes the patients in whom initial debridement was done. The VAC was applied in the hospital. Results: Twenty patients were enrolled in this study with male to female ratio of 1:1. Custom made VAC dressing resulted in good granulation tissue. The average duration from start of therapy until the wound was ready for SSG was 7 days. Conclusion: With the increasing experiences of custom made VAC, it can be used for wound management in hospital as it is effective and affordable. It also reduces hospital stay of patients.