Laura Serena

A Prospective Comparison of Two Post-Operative dressings in the treatment of surgical incisions in healthy volunteers

Introduction: Surgical site infections are one of the leading causes of post-operative morbidity and mortality worldwide. The ideal post-operative dressing protects the wound from bacteri...

Laura Serena ;

Khristina Harrell ;

Omar Al-Jalodi , MD;

Kristy Breisinger , SC;

Thomas E. Serena , MD, FACS, FACHM, MAPWCA;

Sarah Moore , SC;

05/26/2022

Wound Assessment Paradigm Shift: A 350-Patient Multi-Site Clinical Trial Incorporating Bacterial Fluorescence Imaging into Standard of Care

Objective: Moderate-to-heavy bacterial loads delay healing and can lead to infection; therefore, clinical evaluation of signs and symptoms (CSS) of the bacterial-infection continuum is im...

Laura Serena ;

Thomas E. Serena , MD, FACS, FACHM, MAPWCA;

Matthew Sabo , DPM;

Lam Le , MD;

Gabriel Halperin ;

Rachel Hamil ;

Khristina Harrell ;

Kerry T. Thibodeaux , MD;

Patrick Briggs ;

Keyur Patel ;

Marc Baer ;

Maria A. Kasper ;

Neal Bullock ;

Windy E. Cole , DPM, CWSP, FACCWS;

Daniel DiMarco ;

Eliabeth Clapp ;

10/25/2019

How Little We Know About Wound Bacterial Burden

Introduction: Wound colonization and infection are often asymptomatic and are therefore grossly under-detected in the chronic wound population. Typically polymicrobial in nature, the vast...

Laura Serena ;

Matthew Sabo , DPM;

Gabriel Halperin ;

Khristina Harrell ;

Patrick Briggs ;

Marc Baer ;

Neal Bullock ;

Daniel DiMarco ;

Thomas E. Serena , MD, FACS, FACHM, MAPWCA;

Eliabeth Clapp ;

Lam Le , MD;

Rachel Hamil ;

Kerry T. Thibodeaux , MD;

Keyur Patel ;

Maria A. Kasper ;

Windy E. Cole , DPM, CWSP, FACCWS;

Raphael Yaakov ;

10/25/2019

Real-time Bacterial Fluorescence Imaging Improves the Accuracy of Wound Assessment in Detecting Moderate-to-heavy Bacterial Load That Are Not Otherwise Clinically Evident

Objective: The clinical evaluation of signs and symptoms (CSS) to determine a wound’s bacterial load and infection status is paramount to wound assessment.

Laura Serena ;

Khristina Serena ;

Thomas E. Serena , MD, FACS, FACHM, MAPWCA;

Monique Y. Rennie , PhD;

Raphael Yaakov ;

08/19/2019

Bacterial Fluorescence Imaging Guides Wound Assessment, Wound Bed Preparation, and Treatment Plan in a Multisite Clinical Trial

Objective: Wound assessment is paramount for understanding the wound bioburden and the decisions a clinician must make re: wound bed preparation and treatment plan. Point-of-care fluoresc...

Thomas E. Serena , MD, FACS, FACHM, MAPWCA;

Lam Le , MD;

Keyur Patel ;

Windy E. Cole , DPM, CWSP, FACCWS;

Laura Serena ;

Khristina Serena ;

Matthew Sabo , DPM;

Gabriel Halperin ;

08/13/2019

The Use of Indocyanine Green Fluorescent Angiography (LUNA) to Follow Improvements in Wound Healing After Application of a Fresh Amniotic Membrane

Background: Indocyanine Green Fluorescent Angiography measures skin perfusion. Serial image analysis permits clinicians to follow angiogenesis during the healing process. In sho...

Thomas E. Serena , MD, FACS, FACHM, MAPWCA;

Bryan Doner ;

Keyur Patel ;

Laura Serena ;

Judith Fulton ;

02/09/2019

Evaluating A Novel Long Stretch Compression Wrap in the Management of Venous Leg Ulcers

Background Venous leg ulcers afflict more than six million Americans. Compression is the preferred treatment for VLUs. There are a variety of compression wraps in use today ranging from s...

Thomas E. Serena , MD, FACS, FACHM, MAPWCA;

Amanda Bresenhan ;

Bryan Doner ;

Heather Connell ;

Keyur Patel ;

Laura Serena ;

Raphael Yaakov ;

02/09/2019