Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Wound Conforming Matrix Containing Purified Homogenate of Dermal Collagen Promotes Rapid Healing of Diabetic Neuropathic Foot Ulcers – Subset Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial

Introduction: Efficacy and safety of a collagen-based wound conforming matrix (WCM), compared to standardized care (SOC), was evaluated as part of a retrospective subset analysis of a ran...

Robert S. Kirsner , MD, PhD;

William Marston ;

John C. Lantis II, MD, FACS;

Lois A. Chandler ;

Oscar M. Alvarez , PhD;

Paul J. Kim , DPM, MS, FACFAS;

Peter A. Blume , DPM, FACFAS;

10/24/2019

Chronic Wounds

Using a Non-Invasive Pulsed Acoustic Cellular Expression System to Promote Angiogenesis in Chronic Wounds

09/30/2019

Stacey Coe , BA, CCRP, CRC;

Windy E. Cole , DPM, CWSP, FACCWS;

Non-invasive pulsed acoustic cellular expression (PACE) can improve microcirculation and oxygenated hemoglobin, which can help regenerate tissue and heal chronic wounds. These authors provide a guide to PACE technology using a case study.

Non-invasive pulsed acoustic...

09/30/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

From the Editor

How NPWT Changed Wound Care and Why We Need to Think Like Oncologists

09/03/2019

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

My suite-mate in college used to refer to vacuuming as “Hoovering.” The first manufacturer of technology often becomes synonymous for the technology itself. I still remember the first time a representative from KCI came to talk to me about a...

My suite-mate in college used to...

09/03/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Letter from the Editor

A Way to Save Wound Care

08/02/2019

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Normally we would remove a physician with numbers like that from our provider network.” That’s what the chief medical officer of a clinically integrated network (CIN) said on this week’s monthly physician advisory board conference...

Normally we would remove a...

08/02/2019

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CMS

The Uphill Path to Value-Based Wound Care with Nutritional Assessment

07/03/2019

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

For decades, payment for most outpatient healthcare services has been based on the volume of services delivered. This approach can create perverse incentives for practitioners to provide more numerous or more expensive treatments than...

For decades, payment for most...

07/03/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

A Confirmatory Study on the Efficacy of dHACM Allograft in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study of 100 Patients from 14 Wound Clinics

Background: A randomized, controlled multi-center clinical trial was conducted at 14 wound care centers in the United States to confirm the efficacy of dehydrated human amnion/chorio...

Alexander M. Reyzelman , DPM, FACFAS;

Joseph M. Caporusso , DPM;

Patrick S. Agnew , DPM, FACFAS;

Shawn Cazzell , DPM;

William Tettelbach , MD, FACP, FIDSA, FUHM, CWS;

Felix Sigal ;

03/12/2019

HBOT

Hyperbaric Medicine: Feeling Pressure in the Wound Clinic

01/10/2019

Dick Clarke , CHT;

As the utilization of HBOT becomes increasingly scrutinized, wound care providers must remain vigilant to ensure they are providing treatment appropriately.

As the utilization of HBOT...

01/10/2019

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