Dermatology

Case Report

Wound Excision and Closure by Secondary Intention and Growth Factor Application in the Management of Rosacea Complicated by Giant Rhinophyma

11/09/2023

Fan Zhang

Zhehao Shi

Lei Cai

Bin Chen

Wei Qiu

Li Zhang

Xiaohua Lin

This report follows a case of rosacea with giant rhinophyma. The patient was treated with excision, closure by secondary intention, and growth factors and achieved complete healing with no recurrence.

This report follows a case of...

11/09/2023

Wounds

Original Research

Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane Allograft for Postoperative Wounds Following Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Retrospective Comparative Evaluation

09/14/2023

Sadaf Moradi

Ana Ormaza

Navid Ezra

In this retrospective study, authors assessed whether treatment with dehydrated human amnion/chorion membrane was associated with improved wound healing rates following Mohs micrographic surgery.

In this retrospective study,...

09/14/2023

Wounds

Videos

Minimal Important Differences (MIDs) for Clinician-Reported Outcome Measures (ClinROMs) in Dermatology

09/09/2022

Riya Gandhi, MA, Associate Editor

In this interview, Dr Reinhart Speeckaert emphasizes the importance and reliability of Minimal Important Differences (MIDs) for Clinician-Reported Outcome Measures (ClinROMs) in dermatology. He also addresses the inappropriate generalization...

In this interview, Dr Reinhart...

09/09/2022

The Dermatologist

Using Standardized Testing to Delineate How Materials and Construction Impact Performance Characteristics of Support Surfaces to Enhance Objective Clinical Decision-making for Pressure Injury Prevention

Introduction: Clinicians are challenged with having objective data to choose support surfaces that will offer the most ideal clinical performance for patient populations. Support surfaces...

05/26/2022

The development of an accredited Ex Vivo Burn Wound Model for pre-clinical efficacy testing of antimicrobial agents.

Whilst survival rates have improved over the past few decades due to advances in modern medicine (Rafla and Tredget, 2011), infection is still the leading cause of morbidity and mortality...

05/26/2022

Biofilm Inactivation with the Use of an Iodine Based Wound Dressing

Wounds readily colonised by microorganisms often develop biofilms; a community of resilient microbes which can cause increased inflammation and delay the healing process. Biofilms are in...

05/26/2022

Alligator derived hyaluronic acid quells the inflammatory phase of wound healing through a dual interaction with the host and the microbiome

Introduction: Although several antimicrobials have been used in advanced wound care products such as silver and PHMB, toxicology and wound healing studies have shown that high levels of t...

05/26/2022

A Transparent Sacral Dressing to Mitigate Tissue Strain

Introduction: Pressure injuries form on load bearing surfaces on the buttocks, sacrum, and heals of immobile patients. Silicone-based multilayer dressings are available to aid in protecti...

05/26/2022

Use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation to Cleanse Lower Extremity Wounds

Introduction: Use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d*) to deliver, dwell, and remove topical wound solutions from the wound bed can assist...

05/26/2022

Use of Sequential Wound Management in Three Patients with Lower Extremity Wounds

Introduction: Chronic and complex wounds often require a combination of treatment methods tailored to the needs of the wound and the patient. Advanced wound therapies and dressings such a...

05/26/2022