venous ulcers

Insight into Venous Leg Ulcer Healing: Near Infrared Spectroscopy Imaging and Predictive Analysis

Introduction: Chronic venous insufficiency often leads to complications, including venous leg ulcers (VLU). Multispectral near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) imaging shows promise as an adj...

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

Patient Care Balance: A Case for Innovative SAP Dressings

Introduction: With a recent increase in reported wounds, addressing barriers to wound healing has become crucial. A recent white paper on the Wound Balance concept identifies barriers suc...

11/01/2024

Enhancing Clinical Efficiency: Utilizing ChatGPT for Streamlined Chart Review in Wound Care

Introduction: Traditional chart review in wound care research is increasingly challenged by a growing volume of patient data and extensive variables impacting wound outcomes. The emergenc...

11/01/2024

Using a Wearable Pressure Sensor to evaluate leg compression: Two dressing types

Introduction: It is usually unclear exactly how much pressure a dressing applies to the leg, and if that pressure is uniform. The goal of this study was to compare two compression dressi...

11/01/2024

Charting Wound Healing: Using Centiles to Track Chronic Wounds’ Progress

Introduction: World Health Organization growth charts1 utilize Centile-based curves to track age-related growth dynamics. Identifying values outside of specific ranges indicates the need ...

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

An Objective Predictor of Wound Healing at the Bedside, Using Long Wave Infrared Thermography (LWIT)

Introduction: Wound healing progression consists of specific cellular processes that may not be visible until clinical symptoms are observed. A visual assessment may not provide early aw...

11/01/2024

Harnessing the power of our immune system: antibiofilm effects of action of nitric oxide

Introduction: Hard-to-heal wounds pose a significant clinical challenge, resulting in poor patient quality of life and substantial economic burden. Polymicrobial communities within hard-t...

11/01/2024

Investigating the Role of Autophagy Proteins LC3 and ATG7 in Wound Healing

Introduction: Chronic wounds have a significant impact on a substantial number of Americans today. The etiology of these wounds is often multifactorial, not fully understood, and further ...

11/01/2024