chronic wound

Educational Report

Osteomyelitis Presenting as a Chronic Deep Soft Tissue Ulcer

10/21/2018

BACKGROUND: Chronic diabetic, plantar wounds are often treated with routine (often weekly) debridement, offloading, and specialty dressings. Plain radiographs may be taken as baseline during the initial evaluation and are usually not...

BACKGROUND: Chronic diabetic,...

10/21/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Evaluation of a Novel Multilayer Wound Dressing That Transports Chronic Wound Fluid Away From the Wound

10/20/2018

OBJECTIVE: This series evaluates the absorptive profile of a new multilayer wound dressing (MBF) designed to transfer chronic wound fluid away from the wound and studies how treatment with MBF (along with compression) affects the balance of...

OBJECTIVE: This series evaluates...

10/20/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Autologous Homologous Skin Cell Cluster Graft Regenerates Functionally Normal Skin Within a Chronic Nonhealing Leg Wound Refractory to Skin Grafting

10/17/2018

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of chronic, nonhealing wounds is 1% to 2% of the general population, with Medicare expenditures estimated to range as high as $96.8 billion. Advances in chronic wound treatments have the potential to expedite...

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of...

10/17/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Adipose-derived Allograft Injectable Filler as an Alternative Treatment for Chronic Wounds: Case Series

10/17/2018

BACKGROUND: Allogenic adipose tissue has been used as a filler in soft-tissue defects as a noninvasive alternative to surgical grafting. Advantages of the use of adipose tissue include the presence of extracellular matrix and growth factors...

BACKGROUND: Allogenic adipose...

10/17/2018

Wounds

Clinical Research Poster

Activated Carbon Cloth Dressing Use Associated with Reduction in Protease Levels and Healing of Majority of Chronic, Full-Thickness Lower Extremity Wounds Within Four Weeks: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Pilot Study

10/17/2018

INTRODUCTION: Wounds with highly elevated matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are associated with delayed healing. Reducing excessive MMP levels may convert nonhealing wounds to a healing state. A particular activated carbon cloth dressing...

INTRODUCTION: Wounds with highly...

10/17/2018

Wounds

Clinical Research Poster

A Multicenter, Randomized, Single-blind Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Viable Cryopreserved Placental Membrane to Human Fibroblast-derived Dermal Substitute for the Treatment of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers

10/16/2018

BACKGROUND: Randomized, controlled clinical trials (RCTs), the gold standard to determine treatment efficacy against a control, have demonstrated advantages of skin substitutes for the treatment of chronic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) in...

BACKGROUND: Randomized,...

10/16/2018

Wounds

Rapid Communication

Fully Synthetic Bioengineered Nanomedical Scaffold in Chronic Neuropathic Foot Ulcers

10/11/2018

Amanda L. Killeen

Kara M. Brock

Rosabel Loya

Cece S. Honculada

Phyllis Houston

Jodi L. Walters

10/11/2018

Wounds

Case Series

The Efficacy of an Ultrathin Bioresorbable Silver-impregnated Polymeric Multilayer Matrix in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds and as an Implantable Material for At-risk Surgical Wounds

10/11/2018

BACKGROUND: People with diabetes have proven an especially difficult patient population in terms of both healing and prevention of infection in primary surgical wounds. The propensity for primarily closed surgical wounds to dehisce is...

BACKGROUND: People with diabetes...

10/11/2018

Wounds

Clinical Research Poster

Validation of a Clinically Relevant Diagnostic Marker for Early Diagnosis of Infection in Chronic Wounds

10/11/2018

INTRODUCTION: Bacteria contaminate and colonize chronic wounds, increasing the risk of systemic infection and amputation. Early detection of infection is vital for timely treatment. However, the current clinical practice of visually...

INTRODUCTION: Bacteria...

10/11/2018

Wounds

Clinical Research Poster

A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Comparative, Parallel Study of Dehydrated Human Umbilical Cord Allograft for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

10/10/2018

OBJECTIVE: To determine the safety and effectiveness of dehydrated human umbilical cord allograft for the treatment of chronic, nonhealing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: An institutional review board-approved,...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the...

10/10/2018

Wounds