debridement

Plastibytes

Outpatient Debridement with Low Frequency Contact Ultrasound

03/13/2019

Oscar Alvarez

Martin Wendelken

Mark Granick

This was a prospective, randomized, controlled, clinical study involving 76 subjects with venous ulcers over a 24-week period in an outpatient hospital-based wound care center.

This was a prospective,...

03/13/2019

ePlasty

Simple Tool to Ensure Effective Enzymatic Debridement

Background: In today's rapidly changing healthcare arena, ensuring evidence based, efficacious practice can be challenging. Miniscule print on lengthy package inserts compounds this ...

02/09/2019

Video

3 Debridement Questions for the Wound Clinic: Video Series

02/08/2019

Daniel Kapp, MD

In this exclusive three-part video series, Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) speaks with Daniel Kapp, MD, chief of plastic surgery at Palm Beach Gardens (FL) Medical Center and medical director of the Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Center at Jupiter...

In this exclusive three-part...

02/08/2019

Today's Wound Clinic

Case Series

Medical-grade Honey as an Alternative to Surgery: A Case Series

02/01/2019

Jennifer Bayron

Kathy E. Gallagher

Luis Cardenas

This case series describes the successful outcomes of 12 patients with dissimilar wounds who were managed with medical-grade honey (active Leptospermum honey) as an alternative to surgery.

This case series describes the...

02/01/2019

Wounds

Original Research

Lower Limb Nonhealing Ulcers Associated With Chronic Diabetes: A Case Series

01/01/2019

Guangyu Wang

Yu Wang

Fusheng Wang

Yi Ding

Yudong Kang

Yu Dong

Peiwen Lv

Xuying Xu

Herein, the authors demonstrate and discuss the implementation of their use of topical traditional Chinese medicines in several sample cases of lower limb nonhealing ulcers in patients with diabetes.

Herein, the authors demonstrate...

01/01/2019

Wounds

Original Research

Operative Management of Abdominal Wound Dehiscence: Outcomes and Factors Influencing Time to Healing in Patients Undergoing Surgical Debridement With Primary Closure

11/01/2018

Alexandra Tilt

Reuben A. Falola

Anagha Kumar

Tessa J. Campbell

Jacob M. Marks

Christopher E. Attinger

Karen K. Evans

The purpose of this study is to determine whether operative debridement and primary closure of abdominopelvic wounds are safe and expeditious for patients.

The purpose of this study is to...

11/01/2018

Wounds

Clinical Research Poster

Treatment of Burns with Concentrated Surfactant Technology

10/18/2018

BACKGROUND: Since the presence of necrosis increases the chances of infection and delays healing, most deeper burns are treated with excision, followed by, depending on the depth, autografting or use of a dressing. Debridement is painful and...

BACKGROUND: Since the presence...

10/18/2018

Wounds

Educational Report

Topical Use of Concentrated Surfactant Technology for Removal of Nonviable Tissue and Wound Bed Preparation

10/12/2018

BACKGROUND: Wound bed preparation by removal of various barriers to wound healing, such as nonviable tissue and associated microbiome, is a fundamental principle of wound bed preparation. Timely removal of debris is essential for the...

BACKGROUND: Wound bed...

10/12/2018

Wounds

Case Report and Brief Review

Diagnosis and Treatment of Invasive Aspergillus fumigatus Wound Infection Following Subtotal Colectomy for Perforated Toxic Megacolon in an Immunosuppressed Patient

10/11/2018

Bryce French

Katherine Mandel

Ryan Martinez

The authors report a case of an invasive Aspergillus fumigatus infection following a subtotal colectomy for toxic megacolon. The patient was on antibiotics following the operation and chronic immunosuppression with steroids and infliximab....

The authors report a case of an...

10/11/2018

Wounds

Case Report and Brief Review

Laser-assisted Fluorescent Angiography to Assess Tissue Perfusion in the Setting of Traumatic Elbow Dislocation

10/10/2018

Matthew J. Dietz

Joseph T. Hare

Cristiane Ueno

Bonhomme J. Prud’homme

Jonathan W. Boyd

The case of an 80-year-old woman, who presented with a wound over the left medial elbow following a subacute recurrent elbow dislocation, illustrates the use of this technology in the field of orthopedics.

The case of an 80-year-old...

10/10/2018

Wounds