I was under the impression that VAC is an acronym for vacuum-assisted closure.
Posted By: piglet on 2007-10-13
In Reply to: wound vac - jennie
Subject: I was under the impression that VAC is an acronym for vacuum-assisted closure.
Both Stedmans acronyms and Tessier surgical have it as VAC.
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