A porous pad for the treatment of wounds using negative pressure, the pad has a substantially rectangular shape having a length, a width and a thickness defined about a major axis, a minor axis and a vertical axis and has four rounded corners, wherein the pad comprises: a porous material suitable for channeling wound exudate from a wound site and negative pressure to the wound site; characterized in that there are: a plurality of arcuate outer cuts or perforations extending through at least a portion of the thickness of the pad and having an elliptical shape, the plurality of arcuate outer cuts or perforations comprising four outer cuts (202a, 202b, 202c and 202d) each positioned in one of the quadrants defined by the major and minor axes; with four bridge portions positioned at opposite ends along the major and minor axes; a plurality of arcuate inner cuts or perforations extending through at least a portion of the thickness of the pad and having an elliptical shape similarly shaped to the plurality of arcuate outer cuts or perforations, the plurality of arcuate inner cuts or perforations comprising four inner cuts (210a, 210b, 210c and 210d) each positioned in one of the quadrants defined by the major and minor axes; with four bridge portions positioned at opposite ends along the major and minor axes, located between the outer and inner cuts are a series of intermediate cuts (204, 208), wherein the cuts or perforations (202, 210, 204, 208) define a pad section detachable from the pad. a porous material suitable for channeling wound exudate from a wound site and negative pressure to the wound site; characterized in that there are: a plurality of arcuate outer cuts or perforations extending through at least a portion of the thickness of the pad and having an elliptical shape, the plurality of arcuate outer cuts or perforations comprising four outer cuts (202a, 202b, 202c and 202d) each positioned in one of the quadrants defined by the major and minor axes; with four bridge portions positioned at opposite ends along the major and minor axes; a plurality of arcuate inner cuts or perforations extending through at least a portion of the thickness of the pad and having an elliptical shape similarly shaped to the plurality of arcuate outer cuts or perforations, the plurality of arcuate inner cuts or perforations comprising four inner cuts (210a, 210b, 210c and 210d) each positioned in one of the quadrants defined by the major and minor axes; with four bridge portions positioned at opposite ends along the major and minor axes, located between the outer and inner cuts are a series of intermediate cuts (204, 208), wherein the cuts or perforations (202, 210, 204, 208) define a pad section detachable from the pad. a plurality of arcuate outer cuts or perforations extending through at least a portion of the thickness of the pad and having an elliptical shape, the plurality of arcuate outer cuts or perforations comprising four outer cuts (202a, 202b, 202c and 202d) each positioned in one of the quadrants defined by the major and minor axes; with four bridge portions positioned at opposite ends along the major and minor axes; a plurality of arcuate inner cuts or perforations extending through at least a portion of the thickness of the pad and having an elliptical shape similarly shaped to the plurality of arcuate outer cuts or perforations, the plurality of arcuate inner cuts or perforations comprising four inner cuts (210a, 210b, 210c and 210d) each positioned in one of the quadrants defined by the major and minor axes; with four bridge portions positioned at opposite ends along the major and minor axes, located between the outer and inner cuts are a series of intermediate cuts (204, 208), wherein the cuts or perforations (202, 210, 204, 208) define a pad section detachable from the pad.