wound care

Evaluating the Clinical Acceptance of a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) System in Accordance with Standards of Care in Patients with a Variety of Wound Types

The primary objective was to determine acceptable progress towards the goal of therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU), Pressure Injuries/Pressure Ulcers (PI/PU), surgical, acute/traumatic...

Joan Wilson , MSN, MHA, RN;

Bounthavy Homsombath , MD;

Beretta Craft-Coffman , PA-C;

Shawn P. Fagan , MD, FACS;

11/23/2020

Cost-effectiveness of Commonly Used Skin Substitutes in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Purpose/Aim: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) have been estimated to affect 1–4% of patients with diabetes annually and a quarter of patients with diabetes over their lifetimes. Skin substitute...

Ankur Patel , MS;

11/23/2020

Use of Bilayer Wound Matrix for Closure of Post-Mohs Surgery Defects of the Nose

There are over 5 million skin cancers reported in the United States annually. Among those, though not followed statistically, Mohs surgical resections for skin cancer on the nose are comm...

Bijan Najafi , PhD;

Miguel Montero ;

11/23/2020

Advanced Wound Care Tips and Tricks on How to Use Negative Pressure Therapy to Improve Patient Outcomes

Abstract Body: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has been indicated for use in a variety of wound types including chronic and acute wounds, partial-thickness burns, as well as used a...

Emily Greenstein , APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS;

11/23/2020

A Multicenter Study of the Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence-based Automated Software for Wound Assessment

Abstract Body: Introduction: Wound area and healing progression is measured by multiplying the greatest length and width across the diameter regardless of wound shape. This ruler-based me...

Helen Liu , DO, BS ;

Brian M. Gillette ;

Aziz Khan ;

Mayur Saxena ;

Ernest Chiu ;

Frank Ross ;

Lawrence Lin ;

Raelina S. Howell ;

Harshit Saxena ;

11/23/2020

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A Closer Look At Hydrosurgical Debridement For Venous Leg Ulcers In An Obese Patient With Multiple Comorbidities

11/17/2020

Stephanie C. Wu , DPM, MSc, FACFAS;

Zanib Cheema , MS;

Due to a poor prognosis for healing and a high rate of recurrence, venous leg ulcers (VLUs) pose a significant challenge to clinicians. Accordingly, these authors present a case of chronic VLUs and how an emerging hydrosurgical debridement...

Due to a poor prognosis for...

11/17/2020

Podiatry Today

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Why Wound Care Should Be An Essential Rotation In Any Podiatric Residency Program

02/26/2020

Patrick A. DeHeer , DPM, FACFAS, FASPS, FFPM, RCPS(Glasg);

As a residency director, I am interested in discussions on either social media or podiatric forums about residency training. Recently, discussions about the importance of a wound care rotation in residency have garnered some debate. Most of...

As a residency director, I am...

02/26/2020

Podiatry Today

Healthy.io launches wound management app

01/15/2020

Healthy.io launches digital wound management solution and successfully registers product with FDA, offering new options for millions suffering from chronic wounds

Healthy.io launches digital...

01/15/2020

Wound Care

From the Editor

How Wound Care May Change, for Better and Worse, in 2020

01/09/2020

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

A lot changed for me in 2019. I became a widow, sold the house we lived in for 29 years, moved into a rented townhouse, got my daughter off to college and my son off to graduate school. Thankfully, even the most difficult life changes have at...

A lot changed for me in 2019. I...

01/09/2020

Today's Wound Clinic

Original Research

Effect of Weekly Specialized Surgeon-led Bedside Wound Care Teams on Pressure Ulcer Time-to-heal Outcomes: Results From a National Dataset of Long-term Care Facilities

10/01/2019

Frank S. Ciminello , MD, MS;

Nayana Parekh ;

Hugh J. Lavery ;

Armando P. Santos ;

Robert J Marriott ;

Adam W. Levinson ;

The authors hypothesize that guideline-based, weekly coordinated care using specialized wound care surgeon-led bedside teams (SLBTs) may improve PU time-to-heal (TTH) outcomes when compared with usual care (UC).

The authors hypothesize that...

10/01/2019

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