Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) is a method of decreasing air pressure around a wound to assist the healing. It’s also referred to as negative pressure wound therapy. During a VAC procedure, a ...
Gloria Miller, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, former vice president of reimbursement services at Comprehensive Healthcare Solutions Inc. shares which CPT codes to use. Q: What CPT codes and modifiers would be used ...
The effectiveness and value of an increasingly popular treatment used in the treatment of long term wounds are questioned in a recent article. Topical negative pressure, or VAC Therapy as it is ...
The committee noted that the evidence for VAC Veraflo Therapy system compared with negative pressure wound therapy was mainly from retrospective observational studies of low methodological quality. It ...
Developed at Wake Forest University, vacuum-assisted closure therapy has helped an estimated 20 million patients — and earned ...
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At University of Utah Health, our team of highly trained physical therapists has years of experience and specialized training in lymphedema therapy and wound care. Our friendly and compassionate ...
At 35,000 feet — stacked underneath two other stretchers on a medical evacuation flight to the States — Army Master Sgt. John P. Souza is recovering from a blast wound suffered in Sadr City, Iraq. On ...
The evidence assessed by the external assessment centre (EAC) included 19 studies, all of which were full-text peer-reviewed publications. Of the included studies, 9 were comparative studies (3 ...
When it comes to treating complex wounds, few innovations rival the transformative power of vacuum-assisted wound closure, also known as negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). At the Wound Center of ...