Volume 67 Issue 6 - June 2021 ISSN 2640-5245

Department

Upfront With Ostomies

Destigmatizing Ostomy Surgery: A Personal Story of Cultural Difference While Facing This Life-Altering Surgery

06/04/2021

Tina Aswani Omprakash

Advice is provided for health care practitioners from the patient’s point of view.

Advice is provided for health...

06/04/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

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Empirical Studies

Assessment of Pressure Injuries Following Surgery: A Descriptive Study

06/04/2021

Emel Yılmaz, PhD

Arzu Aslan Başlı, RN, PhD

To determine the rate of intraoperative pressure injuries and evaluate risk factors in surgical patients, a descriptive study was conducted among patients older than 18 years of age undergoing a nonemergent (planned) surgical procedure...

To determine the rate of...

06/04/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Research

The Impact of Surgical Site Infection on Health-related Quality of Life: A Systematic Review

06/03/2021

Pinar Avsar, PhD, MSc, RGN, BSc

Declan Patton, PhD, MSc, PGDipEd, PGCRM, BNS, RNT, RPN

Karen Ousey, PhD, RGN, FHEA, CMgr MCMI

Joanna Blackburn, BSc, MSc, PhD

Tom O’Connor, EdD, MSc Ad Nursing, PG Dip Ed, BSc, Dip Nur, RNT, RGN

Zena Moore, PhD, MSc, FFNMRCSI, PG Dip, Dip First Line Management, RGN

This article provides an in-depth understanding of the lived experience and quality of life of individuals with surgical site infections.

This article provides an...

06/03/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

A Case Study

Correction of a Leaking Stoma: Using Silicone Block Insertion

06/01/2021

Ki Pyo Sung, MD

Soo Hyang Lee, MD, PhD

Changes in abdominal contour, including peristomal indentations, can cause leakage of stoma effluent and other complications. PURPOSE: To describe the case of a 39-year-old patient with a urostomy who experienced very frequent urine leakage...

Changes in abdominal contour,...

06/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Guest Editorial

When an Opportunity Knocked, the Wound Care Community Responded

06/03/2021

Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS, FACFAS

Lisa Gould, MD, PhD, FACS

Peggy Dotson, RN, BS

The new Wound Care Collaborative Community is discussed.

The new Wound Care Collaborative...

06/03/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

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Use of a New Dressing Protocol in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds on Homebound Patients: A Retrospective Study

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Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations

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Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing

Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.

The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds

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