Introduction: Over the past few years, the opioid crisis has seen a new and dangerous additive in the fentanyl community; the veterinary sedative, xylazine, also known as tranq. While the...
Introduction: The treatment of hard-to-heal wounds remains a significant clinical challenge. Real-world evidence is essential to understand the effectiveness of products among typical pat...
Introduction: Placental-derived tissue products have been widely utilized in wound healing and regeneration as their extracellular matrix (ECM) composition facilitates cell migration, pro...
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Diabetic wounds complicated by midfoot Charcot reconstruction present challenges in treatment, often necessitating innovative approaches for successful outcomes. Utilizin...
Introduction: Several veterans deal with lasting effects of their military service long after discharge, and “their wounds from war are daily facts of life.”1 That was the story of the ve...
Introduction: To evaluate the efficacy of a novel tissue reinforcement using fish skin graft (FSG) to improve the healing of transtibial amputations, decrease the rate of amputation revi...
Introduction: Patients with peripheral vascular disease usually present with wounds which are difficult to heal per the literature. Traditionally, these are wounds which are not receptive...
Introduction: The Achilles tendon region is noted to be a historically complex area to heal wounds due to its known poor vascular supply. Multiple different theories have been proposed of...
Introduction: Complex lower extremity wounds are often plagued by a combination of soft tissue damage and poor patient protoplasm. Successful limb salvage requires a multimodal approach w...
Introduction: At SAWC Spring 2024, the authors reported the results of a retrospective case series in which topical oxygen therapy (cTOT) was used to optimize the wound environment prior ...