Treatment options for venous leg ulcers: effectiveness of vascular surgery, bioengineered tissue, and electrical stimulation.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the efficacy of the authors' combination therapy protocol for keloid treatment. DESIGN:Retrospective. SETTING:Plastic surgery office-based outpatient setting in New York City. PATIENTS:Forty patients with 44 keloid scars requiring surgical excision....

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Jones ME,Hardy C,Ridgway J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：GENERAL PURPOSE:To present a systematic review of the literature assessing the efficacy of monitoring devices for reducing the risk of developing pressure injuries. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses with an interest in s...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Walia GS,Wong AL,Lo AY,Mackert GA,Carl HM,Pedreira RA,Bello R,Aquino CS,Padula WV,Sacks JM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with Crohn disease-related anal fistulas are treated with debridement of fistulous tracts and the placement of noncutting setons (NCSs). However, to reduce the high recurrence rate, there is still a need to develop more effective treatment methods. OBJECTIVE:To compare NCS with vacuum-assisted clos...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Hermann J,Banasiewicz T,Kołodziejczak B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a blue light (405 nm) could inhibit the growth of Trichopyton mentagrophytes without using a photosensitizing material as part of the treatment protocol. DESIGN:Basic physiologic randomized trial using laboratory specimens (T mentagrophytes). INTERVENTIONS/METHODS:Plated on a growth med...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Guffey JS,Payne W,Buchanan B,Daugherty J,Meurer L,Hensley P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heel is the second most common area where patients develop pressure ulcers (PrUs). Some of the interventions commonly used today to prevent PrUs have not been empirically tested, whereas other interventions have been studied and shown to prevent heel PrUs. Currently, there are no specific studies comparing a press...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Bales I

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bed positioning poses a subtle, yet important, tradeoff in the competing needs of hospitalized patients, particularly those susceptible to lower respiratory tract infections and/or pressure ulcers. Although it is widely held that a minimum 30° incline is necessary to mitigate risk of ventilator-acquired pneumonia, it ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Crane BA,Wininger M,Kunsman M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether any of the Braden subscales were more strongly related to pressure ulcer occurrence than the Braden total score in obese and nonobese hospitalized patients. The authors investigated whether defining high risk for the total Braden score of 16 or less was associated with...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Pokorny ME,Rose MA,Watkins F,Swanson M,Kirkpatrick MK,Wu Q

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infected or contaminated wound sites have historically been managed with incision and drainage. Here, the authors review their experience with skin closure over vessel loops and assess the results of this technique in a variety of clinical situations, hypothesizing that minimally invasive drainage strategies ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Steen EH,Tuley JM,King A,Lee TC,Keswani SG

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：GENERAL PURPOSE:To increase health care professionals' awareness and perceptions of the skin as one of the largest body organs with multidimensional aspects and significant implications for interprofessional collaboration in whole-person care. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicia...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Sherman DW,Kamel G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Research suggests that active Leptospermum honey (ALH) improves outcomes in patients with partial-thickness burns by enhancing healing and reepithelialization rates, as well as by protecting against antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. This study assessed the effectiveness of ALH gel on healing time, bacteria...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Duncan CL,Enlow PT,Szabo MM,Tolchin E,Kelly RW,Castanon L,Aballay AM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the healing rate of forefoot ulcers in patients with diabetes treated using a total contact cast with those treated using alternative off-loading methods. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of healing rates of forefoot ulcers. SETTING:Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Diabetes Foot Prog...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Birke JA,Pavich MA,Patout CA Jr,Horswell R

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether prostaglandin E2 improves angiogenesis in full-thickness skin grafts. DESIGN:Randomized study SUBJECTS:20 male rabbits, divided into 2 experimental and 2 control groups. METHODOLOGY:Prostaglandin E2 (experimental groups) or prostaglandin E2 vehicle (control groups) was injected locally...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Khozani TT,Noorafshan A,Nikeghbalian S,Panjeh-Shahin MR,Dehghani F,Azizi M,Tanideh N

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of a pressure injury prevention algorithm on pressure injury prevention. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:This intervention study was conducted in the anesthesiology and reanimation ICU (ARICU) of a university hospital. The study included two sample groups (nurses and patients). All p...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Yilmazer T,Bulut H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among lower extremity chronic wounds, heel ulcers present one of the greatest challenges to the wound care provider. The potential for these ulcers to progress to osteomyelitis of the calcaneus is well known. The concept of "what to take off the wound" is a known clinical axiom; however, extensive debridement or surgi...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Karr J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：GENERAL PURPOSE:To present an evaluation of a surfactant-containing polymeric membrane foam wound dressing for use on patients with chronic pilonidal sinus disease. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses with an interest in s...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Sibbald RG,Persaud Jaimangal R,Coutts PM,Elliott JA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Innovative skin substitutes and temporary wound dressings are frequently used in the treatment of superficial and partial-thickness wounds. The aim of this study was to compare 2 commonly used temporary skin dressings with a newly developed collagen matrix to determine changes in microcirculation as measured ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Held M,Medved F,Petersen W,Tolzmann DS,Rahmanian-Schwarz A,Schaller HE,Rothenberger J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and evaluate current mathematical formulas used to assess the rate of wound healing. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Cochrane Systematic Review databases, from 1965 to 2004. STUDY SELECTION:Papers selected for the study met the following inclusion criteria: (1) participants had chronic venous,...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Jessup RL

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the care of pediatric patients who had a gastrostomy and developed peristomal lesions and received a systematic single adapted crusting technique in a pediatric ICU in a tertiary Brazilian hospital. METHODS:An analysis of six cases presenting traumatic, noninfectious peristomal lesions with ostiu...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Santos Monteiro AC,Barbosa Maia Dos Santos ML,Souza MA,Caires de Oliveira Achili Ferreira J

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wound care professionals should carefully inspect and audit their coding and billing practices in light of (1) the OIG's 2014 Semiannual Report to Congress and (2) the 2015 OIG Work Plan.You can read the details of both documents by following the Internet links provided earlier in this article. Conducting those self-a...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Schaum KD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a mainstay in the treatment of acute and chronic wounds. Following the success of the Vacuum-Assisted Closure system (Kinetic Concepts Inc [KCI], an Acelity Company, San Antonio, Texas), many similar systems were developed with minor variations. However, these systems...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Serena TE,Buan JS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bitter melon is a plant fruit that has been shown to exert a hypoglycemic effect when used systemically in patients with diabetes. This study was designed to investigate the topical effect of bitter melon on diabetic wounds using the wound chamber model in rats. DESIGN:Two bilateral wound chambers were impla...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Singh R,Garcia-Gomez I,Gudehithlu KP,Singh AK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fasciotomy incision closure is often performed with skin grafts that can lead to cosmetic and functional complications after surgical intervention. Because fasciotomy incisions do not result in skin loss, the authors hypothesized that better closure can be achieved by reducing tissue edema with negative-pres...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Eceviz E,Çevik HB

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboangiitis obliterans, or Buerger disease, is a rare nonatherosclerotic segmental inflammatory vasculitis that generally affects young tobacco smokers. Although no surgical treatment is available, the most effective way to halt the disease's progress is smoking cessation. In this case report, a 29-year-old smoker...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： D'Alessio I,Settembrini AM,Romagnoli S,Di Luca G,Domanin M,Gabrielli L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Urinary Bladder Matrix (UBM) is an extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffold. It is now used in wound care management of partial and full-thickness wounds where conventional methods for wound care usually fail to give satisfactory results. OBJECTIVE:In this study, the authors are comparing the healing of full-t...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Eweida A,Saad M,Gabr E,Marei M,Khalil MR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Binding to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor is a critical step for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to enter target cells. This enzyme is expressed in many human tissues including the lungs, but no research has demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 can infect human skin ...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Al-Benna S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a cost-of-illness study of pressure ulcers in the Netherlands for different care settings, including home care, nursing homes, general hospitals, and university hospitals. DESIGN:A cost-of-illness study was conducted based on prevalence figures and expert opinion. A differential cost study approac...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Severens JL,Habraken JM,Duivenvoorden S,Frederiks CM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the etiology, anatomy, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, and treatment of compartment syndrome. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in wound care. OBJECTIVES:After reading this article and taking this test, the reader shoul...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Salcido R,Lepre SJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of the present study was to evaluate the effects of hydroalcoholic extract-based carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) gel of Punica granatum peel (PCMC) and CMC on healing of full-thickness skin wounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty-two rats were studied. Each rat had 3 wounds that were treated topically wi...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Zekavat O,Amanat A,Karami M,Paydar S,Gramizadeh B,Zareian-Jahromi M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess and compare the efficacy of high-voltage electrical stimulation (HVES) with ultrasound (US) in treating Stage II through Stage IV pressure ulcers (PrUs)* of hospitalized patients. DESIGN:This study was designed as a prospective, controlled trial in which patients were rand...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Bora Karsli P,Gurcay E,Karaahmet OZ,Cakci A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide information about initiating interdisciplinary research related to microbiomes and their role in human immunity, disease, and metabolic processes. TARGET AUDIENCE:This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care. OBJECTIVES:After parti...

journal_title：Advances in skin & wound care

authors： Honaker J,Ammons C,Kelechi T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00