Pilonidal sinus disease (PS) presents as a cyst of the upper gluteal cleft causing pain, swelling and tenderness that typically affects otherwise healthy young men. Recurrent PS leads to ...
Biofilm and the bacterial burden have been recognized as impediments to wound progression. The use of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) has gained...
Necrotizing infection carries a high mortality.1 If the patient survives, they typically have undergone multiple surgical debridements to assist in clearing the infection and necrotic tis...
Surgical reconstruction of chronic wounds using soft tissue flaps is a routine approach to achieve closure. Due to the poor tissue quality, longstanding inflammation, bioburden and impai...
Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d*), which provides wound cleansing to help remove debris, infectious materials, and exudate, has been reported to ...
Venous ulcers, a common type of lower extremity ulcers, can affect up to 3% of the United States population.1 These ulcers can be difficult to heal and may recur in 60%-70% of patients.2 ...
Abstract Body: Introduction: Lower extremity ulcerations (LEU) are prone to development of deep infections that often result in sepsis or loss of limb (1, 2). Pseudomonas aeruginosa inf...
Surgical reconstruction of chronic wounds using soft tissue flaps is a routine approach to achieve closure. Due to the poor tissue quality, longstanding inflammation, bioburden and impai...
Abstract Body: Introduction: Collagen is an essential component of the ECM and required for wound healing (1) Collagen-ECM has been used successfully to prepare the wound bed for a derma...
Pilonidal sinus disease (PS) presents as a cyst of the upper gluteal cleft causing pain, swelling and tenderness that typically affects otherwise healthy young men. Recurrent PS leads to ...