Debridement

The Use of an Advanced Fluorescence Imaging System to Target Wound Debridement, Decrease Bioburden, Improve Healing Rates, and Provide Positive Revenues in an Outpatient Wound Care Setting

Optimal wound bed preparation consists of regular debridement to remove devitalized tissues, reduce bacterial load, and establish an environment that can promote healing. A novel point-of...

10/24/2019

Business Briefs

Correcting Common Bad Habits That Cause Medicare Denials and/or Repayments for HBOT

09/04/2019

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. However, HMP and the author do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that coding, coverage, and...

Information regarding coding,...

09/04/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Business Briefs

Charges Do Not Magically Appear on Medicare Claims

07/03/2019

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

Donna J. Cartwright, MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA

Information regarding coding,...

07/03/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Biobehavioral Mechanisms Underlying Symptoms and Healing Outcomes in Older Individuals with Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers

Background: Venous leg ulcers account for 70–90% of ulcers found in the lower leg, affect 2 million persons annually, including nearly 4% of people over age 65 years, and create a hi...

06/10/2019

Let's Be Frank

Wound Dressing Selection Is More Than a Choice

06/07/2019

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

The use of dressings to treat chronic wounds dates back to ancient times. But as we all well know that time does not truly heal all wounds, and certainly not chronic wounds, we also know that not all dressings heal all wounds. It’s what we do...

The use of dressings to treat...

06/07/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Institutional Experience with Ultrasonic Debridement for the Treatment of Complex Wounds

Objective: Non-healing lower extremity wounds serve as a debilitating problem that can lead to chronic complications if not treated appropriately. The aim of this study was to critically ...

03/12/2019

Original Research

Efficacy of Chitosan-Based Dressing for Control of Bleeding in Excisional Wounds

10/03/2018

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLC
Anne-Heloise Stricker-Krongrad, Zahra Alikhassy, MD, Nicolette Matsangos Raul Sebastian, MD, Guy Marti, MD, Frank Lay, BS, and John W. Harmon, MD, FACS

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLCAn...

Efficacy of Chitosan-Based Dressing for Control of Bleeding in Excisional Wounds Anne-Heloise Stricker-Krongrad,a,b Zahra Alikhassy, MD,a,b Nicolette Matsangosa,b Raul Sebastian, MD,b Guy Marti, MD,b,c Frank Lay, BS,a,b and John W....

Efficacy of Chitosan-Based...

10/03/2018

ePlasty

Case Report

Right Ventricular Perforation From a Floating Rib Following Deep Sternal Wound Infection Debridement and Application of a Vacuum-Assisted Closure Device: A Case Report and Literature Review

06/04/2017

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLC
Amanda J. Ross, MD, and Nada N. Berry, MD

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLCAm...

Right Ventricular Perforation From a Floating Rib Following Deep Sternal Wound Infection Debridement and Application of a Vacuum-Assisted Closure Device: A Case Report and Literature Review Amanda J. Ross, MD, and Nada N. Berry,...

Right Ventricular...

06/04/2017

ePlasty

Pharmacologic Management of Bacterial Biofilms

09/15/2016

Daniel B. Chastain, PharmD, AAHIVP

Daniel B. Chastain, PharmD, AAHIVP ...

The organisms residing in biofilms are dormant and represent a therapeutic problem. Management of biofilm relies on surgical debridement and utilization of antimicrobial agents that can eliminate biofilm-associated microorganisms.

The organisms residing in...

09/15/2016

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