Introduction: The lack of oxygen availability in the wound bed has been implicated as one of the culprits behind the chronicity of many wounds. Much work is being done to address the need...
Introduction: Venous Leg Ulcers (VLU) can be a difficult to manage wound population as the underlying vascular compromise can lead to continued peripheral edema and excessive drainage, wh...
Introduction: After foot resection, there are multiple ways of dealing with bony exposure, poorly vascularized, and infected tissue. One of the most common being negative pressure wound t...
Introduction: Many products are commercially available to aid the healing process in chronic wounds. One of these, is an acellular fetal bovine collagen matrix* (FBC) intended to hel...
Introduction: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has become a frequently used modality for wound management across a broad spectrum of specialties.
Purpose: Our retrospecti...
Aim: We sought to see if the routine use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), compared to standard of care, after the placement of a dermal matrix had any effect on length to wound ...
Introduction: There are various biologic and synthetic tissues available to aid in wound healing. Acellular Dermal Regeneration Template (ADRT)* is a two-layered skin repair product....
Introduction: The use of prognostic and cost models gives healthcare providers a relatively quick and easy opportunity to estimate when it will be cost efficient to use advanced treatment...