Lower Extremity Wounds

Application of Fragmented Fish Skin Graft* on Nonhealing Diabetic Foot Ulcers for a Diabetic Patient with Congestive Heart Failure

Introduction: Fish skin graft (FSG) is a xenograft derived from Atlantic cod that augments wound healing1. This case evaluates FSG* in a patient with non healing diabetic foot ulcers (DF...

11/01/2024

Healing Tunneling Wounds by Layering Fragmented Fish Skin Graft (FSG)

Introduction: Healing tunneling wounds is particularly challenging due to their complex structure and the difficulty in accessing the entire wound area for treatment. Tunneling wounds, wh...

11/01/2024

Human Reticular Acellular Dermis Matrix (HR-ADM) Graft to Heal a Large Circumferential Ankle Wound with Exposed Bones and Tendons

Introduction: Bone and tendons have poorer blood supply compared to skin and muscle tissues (1). This hinders the delivery of oxygen and nutrients crucial for healing, making the exposed ...

11/01/2024

Bioactive Glass Effectively Heals Complex Lower Extremity Wounds: A Case Series

Introduction: Lower extremity wounds often pose unique treatment challenges to both clinicians and patients.

11/01/2024

The Use of a Novel Superabsorbent Dressing to Optimize Healing with Skin Substitute Grafts

Introduction: The BIOMES framework (Blood Flow, Infection Control, Off-Loading, control of Metabolic/co-morbidities, management of Exudate/moisture/bioburden, and understanding of the pat...

11/01/2024

Utilizing Transforming Powder Dressing on Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers Refractory to Standard of Care Management: Outcomes of Three Patients

Introduction: Venous leg ulcers (VLU), account for 70% of all leg ulcers, occurring in 1-2% of the general population and in 4% of people 65 years of age and older.1. The average healing ...

11/01/2024

Wound Management of Severe Necrotizing Fasciitis

Introduction: 57-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of RCA STEMI and reduced EF%, admitted to the hospital with diagnosed necrotizing fasciitis infection involving his pe...

11/01/2024

Healing Beyond Expectations: The Use of Innovative Moisture Management Dressings for Chronic Wounds in Home Care

Introduction: Chronic wounds in the home care setting can be resource-intensive and the complexity of the wound is often compounded by the presence of multiple comorbidities.1 External fa...

11/01/2024

Non Healing Diabetic Plantar Hallux Wounds Healed with Distal Medial Partial Plantar Fasciotomy and Fish Skin Grafting

Introduction: Plantar hallux ulcerations are known to be a difficult ulceration to heal due to weightbearing requirements and foot biomechanics. They often will go on to nonhealing despi...

11/01/2024

Expedited and Progressive Healing of Severe Diabetic Foot Ulcer with Novel Botanical Supercharged Wound Hydrogel After Limited Success with Previous Treatments

Introduction: In the United States (US), approximately 37.3 million people have diabetes. Complications may include development of ulcers that can be life threatening if not diagnosed tim...

11/01/2024