Isn’t it a boon that all living organisms possess the ability to heal their injuries? The wound healing is faster when the normal physiology of the wound healing is maintained. Our understanding of wound healing has undergone dramatic changes in the recent past. Almost all materials and methods available on earth have been used and tested to facilitate the process of wound healing. The mental agony and the disability suffered by patients with chronic ulcers have led to the reappraisal of the basic components of the wound healing process and how they are influenced by biological, mechanical, and physical forces … The Department of General Surgery in our Government Chengalpattu Medical College and Hospital, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India, admits and treats a large volume of patients with wounds and ulcers. Here many materials are being used regularly for dressing to make wound healing faster. Vacuum dressings were also done on many patients, and promising results were observed. This kindled our interest in conducting this prospective study and comparing wound healing with vacuum dressing versus normal saline dressing … read more