Surgical Wounds

From Adoption to Adaptation: A One-Year Follow-Up on the Usability, Perception, and Adoption of Digital Interactive Clinical Pathways Among a Portuguese National Wound Care Society

Introduction: Clinicians often face information overload, making it challenging to keep up with evidence-based practices.1,2 Traditional paper-based pocket guides, which quickly become ou...

11/01/2024

Ensuring sustained closure of diabetic foot ulcers using the STRIDE pathway - Initial results from a single center

Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcers have a high recurrence rate, with 42% of patients experiencing relapse within two years due to factors such as neuropathy, arteriopathy, and poor offloa...

11/01/2024

Silver nanoparticle application in venous leg ulcerations.

Introduction: Venous leg ulcers (VLU) are the most common type of chronic wound accounting for over 70 percent of lower extremity chronic wounds.1-2 Many clinicians describe chronic wound...

11/01/2024

The Future of Wound Healing: Cost Effective and Personalized 3D Printing of Adipose Tissue Grafts Tailored to Each Patient's Needs and Wound

Introduction: Chronic wounds affect millions of US people and burden patients and healthcare systems. They need intensive care with multiple applications of advanced wound care solutions ...

11/01/2024

Initial Evaluation of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Using an All-in-One, Encapsulated, Reticulated Open-Cell Foam Dressing in Complex Wounds

Introduction: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) using a polyurethane, reticulated open-cell foam (ROCF) dressing has been employed for managing diverse wound types. While NPWT’s ther...

11/01/2024

Harnessing the power of our immune system: the antimicrobial mode of action of nitric oxide

Introduction: The presence of microorganisms, development of biofilm, and local infection play a significant role in the pathogenesis of hard-to-heal wounds. Systemic antimicrobial therap...

11/01/2024

Crosslinked Native Collagen Matrices Containing Polyhexamethylene Biguanide (PHMB) Modulate Matrix Metalloproteinases, Function as Scaffold for Cell Growth, and Inhibit Bacterial Growth In Vitro and In Vivo

Introduction: Collagen-based wound matrices are widely used for treating acute and chronic wounds due to their role in wound management. The addition of an antimicrobial to these matrices...

11/01/2024

Scientific data show that by saturating gauze with hypochlorous acid-based cleanser, a perfect delivery system is achieved, both for soaking and packing wounds. How much to soak into gauze for effectiveness?

Introduction: It is well known that pH controlled, mildly acidic pure Hypochlorous Acid (pHA) based cleansers produce visibly clean wounds, that also can be shown to have lower bioburden ...

11/01/2024

Multi-layer Silicone SAP dressings for wound prophylaxis

Introduction: Tissue breakdown risk can be mitigated through suitable cushioning materials to disperse surface and internal tissue stresses.

11/01/2024

A comparison of two single-use negative pressure wound therapy devices in the prevention of surgical site complications following Cardiovascular surgery, A retrospective real-world evidence analysis.

Introduction: Post-operative surgical site complications (SSCs) represent a significant burden to healthcare systems globally and pose many challenges for patients undergoing Cardiovascul...

11/01/2024