lower extremity wounds

Enteric Fistula Management Decision Making Framework

Introduction: Enteric fistulas and poorly sited ostomies can challenge patients and providers on multiple fronts. Caring for adjacent wounds, controlling effluent, preventing leaks, and m...

05/26/2022

TWO Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) System Abilities are Compared for Accurate Pressure Delivery and Efficient Fluid Removal, Is there a Difference?

INTRODUCTION: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) systems must have certain technical capabilities to effectively deliver therapy. The International Consensus Review for NPWT Systems, ...

05/26/2022

A Suture Retention Device* used to Primarily Close Challenging Stage IV Heel Wounds – Case Series

Introduction: Heel wounds are among the most challenging due to their distal location, inelasticity of local tissue, the tendency of suture to tear plantar skin, and often high comorbidit...

05/26/2022

Use of Native Collagen Matrix with PHMB Graft and Novel Free Micro-Granulation Tissue Grafting to Manage Dehiscence of Total Knee Arthroplasty and Patellar Tendon Rupture

Introduction: The patient is a 69 year old male who underwent multiple right total knee arthroplasties for a traumatic knee injury secondary to a fall 13 years ago. Following the most rec...

05/26/2022

The Surgical Use of Aseptically Processed Human Allografts* to Achieve Maximal Function in Complex Wound Closure

Introduction; Achieving closure in complex wounds can be challenging. They are typically found in patients with multiple co-morbidities, which can result in a suboptimal wound bed charact...

05/26/2022

The use of Acellular Fish Skin for the Treatment of C6EnAnPn Chronic Venous Ulcer Disease

Introduction: There is relatively little written about the active venous ulcer that does not have; a good venous cause, no venous location identified and no venous pathophysiology identif...

05/26/2022

Evaluating Extended Usage of Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy Over Closed Flap Incisions in Pressure Ulcer Management

Introduction: Closed incision negative pressure therapy (ciNPT*) administers constant subatmospheric pressure1, helps hold incision edges together, removes fluid and infectious materials,...

05/26/2022

Erythema Multiforme treated with Omega 3 Skin Substitute, Kerecis

37 yo female with history of well controlled erythema multiforme had a significant flare subacutely after bilateral reduction mammoplasty. Erythema multiforme is usually a self limited s...

05/26/2022

Underappreciated bacterial burden in pressure ulcers: clinical trial and real-world evidence

Background: Pressure injuries are typically caused by pressure, shear or moisture. Once the injury is present, bacterial infection is the confounding factor that can lead to poor healing...

05/26/2022