Volume 31 - Issue 10 - October 2019

Feature

Case Report and Brief Review

Uncooperative Patient With an Infected Elbow Osteosynthesis: Alternative Management With Topical Sevoflurane

10/10/2019

Sergio Losa-Palacios

Ainara Achaerandio-de Nova

Marcela Restrepo-Pérez

Manuel Gerónimo-Pardo

A 41-year-old, uncooperative, homeless man, presented to the emergency room with a left olecranon fracture. After planned surgery, the surgical wound became infected with a methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus because the treatment...

A 41-year-old, uncooperative,...

10/10/2019

Wounds

Case Report and Brief Review

Lower Extremity Skin Ulcer Associated With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Case Report

10/10/2019

Tamara Gracia-Cazaña

Sonia de la Fuente

María A Concellón

Mariano Ara-Martín

The authors present the case of a 32-year-old man with a painful ulcer on his left thigh of 3 weeks’ duration in the same location as a long-time capillary malformation associated with alopecia.

The authors present the case of...

10/10/2019

Wounds

Original Research

Does Debridement Improve Clinical Outcomes in People With Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated With Continuous Diffusion of Oxygen?

10/01/2019

Lawrence A. Lavery

Mark Q. Niederauer

Klearchos K. Papas

David G. Armstrong

This post hoc analysis evaluates the association between the frequency of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) debridement and the proportion of ulcers treated with active continuous diffusion of oxygen (CDO) that heal in a 12-week evaluation period.

This post hoc analysis evaluates...

10/01/2019

Wounds

Original Research

Effect of Weekly Specialized Surgeon-led Bedside Wound Care Teams on Pressure Ulcer Time-to-heal Outcomes: Results From a National Dataset of Long-term Care Facilities

10/01/2019

Adam W. Levinson

Hugh J. Lavery

Armando P. Santos

Nayana Parekh

Frank S. Ciminello

Robert J. Marriott

The authors hypothesize that guideline-based, weekly coordinated care using specialized wound care surgeon-led bedside teams (SLBTs) may improve PU time-to-heal (TTH) outcomes when compared with usual care (UC).

The authors hypothesize that...

10/01/2019

Wounds

Case Series

Acellular Fish Skin Graft Use for Diabetic Lower Extremity Wound Healing: A Retrospective Study of 58 Ulcerations and a Literature Review

10/01/2019

Shannon Michael

Christopher Winters

Maliha Khan

This retrospective study evaluates the efficacy of acellular fish skin graft for the treatment of full-thickness diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). The primary objective is to calculate the total wound surface area (cm2) healed over a 16-week...

This retrospective study...

10/01/2019

Wounds

Original Research

Platelet-rich Plasma Improves Healing of Pressure Ulcers as Objectively Assessed by Digital Planimetry

10/01/2019

Evangelos Volakakis

Marios Papadakis

Andreas Manios

Christos V. Ioannou

Odysseas Zoras

Eelco de Bree

The aim of this prospective study is to objectively assess the impact of PRP therapy on pressure ulcer (PU) healing utilizing digital planimetry.

The aim of this prospective...

10/01/2019

Wounds

Column

Evidence Corner

Preventing Fall Injury

10/01/2019

Laura Bolton

This month’s Evidence Corner reviews a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and a prospective observational study that offer important clues on how to prevent hospital inpatient falls.

This month’s Evidence Corner...

10/01/2019

Wounds

Editorial

Good Can Happen in the Midst of Bad!

10/01/2019

Terry Treadwell

10/01/2019

Wounds