How Does Vacuum-Assisted Closure Work? ‌Negative pressure wound therapy involves a special dressing connected to a pump that gently draws fluid and infection from the wound. A nurse will: Clean the ...

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 ...

Dear Doctors: What is compartment syndrome, and how does it happen? I developed this following an embolism from hip replacement surgery. I had eight days on wound vacuum-assisted closure, plus ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Doctors at St. Elizabeth Healthcare were utilizing a groundbreaking method in wound healing that has proven life-changing for one patient. Terry Williams, who faced the possibility ...

A Mesa medical manufacturer of wound care products has achieved a milestone in its development of a treatment of leg ulcers that are difficult to heal. BioLab Holdings has started clinical trials for ...