If you have just gone through surgery or have been suffering from any kind of acute or chronic wounds, your wound care surgeon might recommend you a wound vac therapy to heal the wound efficiently. But what is it? And how does it help treat patients? Read on to know. What is wound vac therapy? Also known as Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT), or vacuum-assisted closure therapy, a wound vac treatment is a method of treating the wounds using a special dressing connected to a battery-powered vacuum (suction) pump that sucks all the fluids and infections from the wound accelerate its healing speed. Read more: https://woundcaresurgeon.weebly.com/blog/how-wound-vac-treatment-heals-chronic-wounds