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Problem wounds continue to challenge medical care. In recent times, good results have been achieved through the application of negative pressure wound therapy. This approach, known as vacuum-assisted wound closure (VAC) involves the use of a defined,controlled negative pressure over a polyurethane or polyvinyl sponge placed in the wound. The wound effluent is evacuated continuously. The result is an improvement of microcirculation, and wound healing is enhanced. Animal experiments have confirmed an increase in cell growth. The basis for surgical wound management continues to be appropriate debridement. In this connection, negative pressure therapy, as a supportive measure, has proved to have major advantages over traditional methods of wound management, advantages that need to be further investigated clinically and experimentally. Consideration of the safety aspects and risk factors associated with the procedure can contribute to the optimization of therapeutic safety.

The treatment of heel pressure ulcer represents one od the difficulties in treatment of pressure ulcer, because of its pressure load conditional on the calcaneus, the missing of muscle buffer and the huge number of tender insertions. With the V.A.C.-Therapy based upon interdisciplinary pretreatment (debridement, control of infection, circulation and metabolism and pressure relief) the growth of granulation tissure succeeds in a very fast time. The new V.A.C.-GranuFoam Heel Dressing contains the possibility to apply the V.A.C.-Therapy safe and very quick, in spite of the difficult ulcer location at the heel. Moreover it includes the necessary transfer of the T.R.A.C-Pad on the top of the foot to prevent new increase of pressure.