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A collagen wound dressing with silver ion exchanged zeolite based active ingredient and its comparison with commercial dressings

Introduction: Biofilm formation has been reported to cause chronic inflammation and delay healing of wounds, especially chronic and acute dermal wounds. Biofilms formed deep in the wound ...

11/01/2024

A Deeper Look to Prevent Delayed Diagnosis & Errors using Long Wave Infrared Thermography (LWIT)

Introduction: Diagnostic errors are a common and costly risk for patient harm.1 They occur when a healthcare provider fails to establish an accurate and timely explanation of a patient's ...

11/01/2024

Pyoderma Gangrenosum: A Novel Wound Closure Approach using an Autologous Skin Cell Suspension with a Wide Meshed Autograft-A Four Year Experience

Introduction: Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum is aimed at controlling inflammation, while promoting wound healing and preventing complications.

11/01/2024

Working In Synergy to Heal [WISH]: Practice Innovations NPWT + KYLON®️ + Vaporous Hyperoxia Therapy + CAMPs, a Medicare cost analysis.

Introduction: Complex, non healing skin injuries and wounds pose significant physical, emotional and financial challenges for patients, caregivers, clinicians and payers.Methods:83 year o...

11/01/2024

Ensuring sustained closure of diabetic foot ulcers using the STRIDE pathway - Initial results from a single center

Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcers have a high recurrence rate, with 42% of patients experiencing relapse within two years due to factors such as neuropathy, arteriopathy, and poor offloa...

11/01/2024

Injection of an Antibiotic-Impregnated Flowable Bone Cement to Treat Osteomyelitis - Description of a Novel Surgical Technique

Introduction: Chronic osteomyelitis, affecting up to 30% of wound cases, is increasing due to diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and resistant bacteria. It causes significant morbidit...

11/01/2024

Taking a STRIDE to improve wounds through a novel care pathway

Introduction: Over the past decade, wound care has significantly advanced with new materials, technologies, and surgical techniques, though progress has lagged behind fields like surgery ...

11/01/2024

Improvement in Outpatient Wound Clinic Access Through Implementation of an Advanced Practice Provider and Registered Nurse Top of License Initiative

Introduction: Our academic medical center outpatient wound program is led by wound & ostomy certified APRNs with surgeon support as needed, with the clinic staffed by wound & osto...

11/01/2024

Using Near Infra-red Spectroscopy to Assess Oxygenation and Perfusion in Pre-operative Triage of Surgical Procedures

Introduction: Near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) is a non-invasive imaging device that can measure oxygenated and de-oxygenated levels of hemoglobin in the wound and periwound tissues to...

11/01/2024

Using Near Infra-red Spectroscopy to Document the Effectiveness of HBOT on an Atypical Scalp Wound.

Introduction: Near infra-red spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used to evaluate tissue oxygen saturation and perfusion in a variety of clinical settings including wound care, vascular medicine...

11/01/2024