Surgical Wounds

operative management of venous congestion in lower extremity reconstructive flaps using medicinal leeches: A case series

Introduction: Lower extremity limb salvage is a cornerstone of podiatry, which is often fraught with complications due to the complexity of the diabetic foot and often with vascular compr...

11/01/2024

Surgical Management of Open Umbilical & Open Ventral Hernia Repairs with Novel Fish Skin Grafts for Prevention of Seroma Formation

Introduction: Seromas are reported in nearly all cases of hernia repair after radiologic imaging. Clinically symptomatic seromas are reported in up to 12.5% of patients following incision...

11/01/2024

Fish skin graft use in open wounds associated with Olecranon Bursitis

Introduction: This is a case of using Fish Skin Graft (FSG) on a large open wound complicated by olecranon bursitis. The patient is a right handed 87 yr old male avid fisherman with hist...

11/01/2024

Bioactive Glass Skin Substitute – An Accelerating Mediator for Complex Wound Healing

Introduction: Chronic wounds typically arise secondarily to comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular conditions. Although many treatment modalities exist for persistent...

11/01/2024

Surgical Management of Suppurative Myositis in a 21 Year Old Male with Novel Fish Skin Graft

Suppurative myositis a rare type of autoimmune disease that inflames and weakens muscle fibers. In myositis, the immune system attacks healthy muscle tissue, which results in inflammatio...

11/01/2024

Surgical Management of Lymphocele Excision with Novel Fish Skin Graft for Prevention of Seroma Formation

Introduction: A lymphocele is an atypical collection of lymphatic fluid that develops into anatomic compartments. Due to the location and size of these lymphoceles, surgical intervention...

11/01/2024

Flowable urinary bladder matrix in complex podiatric wounds: initial experience

Introduction: Podiatric wound management may be complicated by patient comorbidities and irregular wound geometries e.g. tunneling or undermining. In complex podiatric wound presentations...

11/01/2024

Application of Autologous Skin Cell Suspension with Split-Thickness Skin Graft for Successful Wound Healing and Limb Salvage

Introduction: Despite medical advancements, the incidence of lower extremity amputations in the US has not improved.1 Amputation is associated with increased mortality and should be avoid...

11/01/2024

Evaluation of the Cost Effectiveness of Transforming Powder Dressing to Standard of Care Wound Dressings in the Treatment of Venous Stasis Ulcers

Introduction: Venous stasis leg ulcers (VLU) affect 1-2% of the general population and approximately 4 percent of patients more than 65 years old.1 After healing, VLUs have a recurrence r...

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