THE USE OF VACUUM THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF WOUNDS OF DIFFERENT ETIOLOGY IN THE PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE PERIODS
Wound healing is a complex and interdependent process that affects structural and functional recovery of wounds [3]. Local factors, stimulating the growth of granulation tissue, affect angiogenesis, extracellular matrix formation, migration of neutrophils, macrophages, fibroblasts, increase of collagen and protein synthesis, thereby increasing the rate of wound healing [4, 5]. Any violation of this mechanism will lead to chronic course of the wound process.