Lower Extremity Wounds

Expediting Acute Wound Healing by Integrating Multiple Therapeutic Strategies

Introduction: Traumatic injuries can lead to massive, complex wounds with an increased propensity for infection. Despite the prevalence of patients with such wounds presenting at level 1 ...

Kathy E. Gallagher , DNP, MSN, APRN-FNP, CWS, WCC, BC;

05/26/2022

Compliance With Wearing A Novel Dual Compression Wrap (DCS) Design In Patients With Lower Extremity Edema

Introduction: The application of multi-layer compression therapy is the gold standard for the management of patients with venous insufficiency and other wounds compromised by lower extre...

08/19/2021

The Use of an Antimicrobial Moisture Management Dressing Paired With a Gellable Fiber Technology under a Two-layer Compression System in the Treatment of Heavily Exudating VLUs Improves Clinical Outcomes and Cost Savings.

Introduction: Chronic venous insufficiency is the 7th most common chronic disease and is the underlying cause of 95% of leg ulcers1. Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are difficult to treat and ev...

08/19/2021

Can a Human Keratin Matrix Aid in the Healing of Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds?

Introduction: Keratin is a fibrous structural protein that provides mechanical stability to cells of the epidermis. Recent advances have been made in understanding the role of keratin in ...

08/19/2021

Analysis of Lower Extremity Wounds Treated With Native, Cross-linked Extracellular Matrix and Broad-Spectrum Polyhexamethylene Biguanide: A Three-Year Retrospective Cohort Study

Background: Lower extremity wounds present unique management challenges to patients and clinicians alike.1 It is well documented that comorbidities such as peripheral vascular disease, im...

08/19/2021

Electrifying Wound Care with a Unique Antimicrobial Dressing

Introduction: A majority of chronic wounds are plagued by the formation of adherent biofilm. Biofilm develops when colonies of surface-attached bacteria form connections and exude a prote...

08/19/2021

Chronic Wound Mediated Lower Extremity Amputations and Untimely Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Background: The pathway from chronic wound to major lower extremity amputation is extensively documented and known to have immense consequences on quality of life. However, mortality rate...

08/19/2021

Let's Be Frank

What’s the Best Source for Evidence-Based Medicine?

12/05/2019

Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA

Clinicians today may be quicker to look to the Internet for wound healing advice than they are to conduct clinical research. Boundaries must be set here.

Clinicians today may be quicker...

12/05/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Early Use of a Novel Acrylic-Silicone Hybrid Drape with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Lower Extremity Wounds

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is an advanced wound care strategy that supports healing by removing exudate and stimulating the growth of granulation tissue. During application, a...

11/26/2019

Pilot Study Assessing Novel Autologous Homologous Skin Construct Treatment of Nonhealing Diabetic Foot Wounds

Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a significant burden on the worldwide health-care system. These chronic lower extremity wounds are often refractory to standard of care and c...

11/04/2019