The smart negative pressure (SNaP) wound care system: A case series from Singapore.

abstract：:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis may develop leg ulcers of varied aetiologies, including venous disease, infection and inflammation (vasculitis or pyoderma gangrenosum). The leg ulcers in rheumatoid arthritis patients may involve several of these aetiological factors and are often difficult to heal. Both the ulcers ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Coelho S,Amarelo M,Ryan S,Reddy M,Sibbald RG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have reported that the use of incisional negative pressure wound therapy (INPWT) might reduce the incidence of wound infections, although its mechanism remains unknown. We designed a prospective study to explore the effects of INPWT on different stages of the wound healing process. After meeting the i...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Rashed A,Csiszar M,Beledi A,Gombocz K

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a fatal complication after median sternotomy. This study was to assess the effect of vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) combined with bi-pectoral muscle advancement flap therapy on rehabilitation for the treatment of DSWI. Fifty-two patients with DSWI underwent treatment of VAC and bi...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Wang C,Zhang J,Liu Z

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study compared the clinical outcomes of negative pressure wound therapy with reticulated open cell foam (NPWT/ROCF) as delivered by Vacuum-Assisted Therapy(®) (V.A.C.(®) Therapy, KCI Licensing Inc., San Antonio, TX) to non-NPWT/ROCF conventional therapy (CT) in split-thickness skin graft (STSG) surv...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Blume PA,Key JJ,Thakor P,Thakor S,Sumpio B

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wide and deep wound defects are a challenge to surgeons, particularly when aggressive or more radical operations are unavailable. This article introduces refined techniques, indications and the clinical experience of the application of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) as an easy ancillary wound dressing method f...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Lee DL,Ryu AY,Rhee SC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Assembly declared 2020, the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Recent editorials and commentaries support the leading role of nurses and midwives as frontline caregivers emphasizing the need to invest in the nursing workforce worldwide to meet global health needs. Today nurses are also l...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Gethin G,Probst S,Weller C,Kottner J,Beeckman D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical problem of post-burn depigmentation is the lacking normal melanocytes. Auto-skin grafting and autologous non-cultured epidermal cell suspension have been used to improve the appearance. However, a large amount of skin graft is required of donor sites in the former method, while the latter method is though...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Chen B,Xu M,Li B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, maggot debridement therapy (MDT) has been recognized by many clinicians as a potential adjunct to conventional therapy, and many patients with non healing, chronic ulcers have been treated. Numerous case reports and case series have described the successful use of MDT in a variety of ulcers. Howe...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Zarchi K,Jemec GB

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new surgical modification to allow propeller perforator flaps to cover pressure sores at various locations. We used a propeller perforator flap concept based on the detection of newly formed perforator vessels located 1 cm from the wound margin and stimulated by the chronic inflammation process. Between J...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Kelahmetoglu O,Van Landuyt K,Yagmur C,Sommeling CE,Keles MK,Tayfur V,Simsek T,Demirtas Y,Guneren E

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overall quality of evidence of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for treating chronic wounds remains low. While further well-designed clinical studies are clearly required to convincingly demonstrate the efficacy of autologous PRP in improved healing of venous leg ulcers (VLUs) and other chronic wounds, there ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Weller CD,Gardiner EE,Arthur JF,Southey M,Andrews RK

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although platelet gel is considered one of the most popular tools in the treatment of chronic ulcers, current consensus on its use is not unanimous. A prospective randomised trial was carried out at the Plastic Surgery Unit of the 'Salvatore Maugeri' Foundation Hospital of Pavia (Italy). The study involved 13 patients...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Scevola S,Nicoletti G,Brenta F,Isernia P,Maestri M,Faga A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although chronic wounds have a high socio-economic impact, data on comparative effectiveness of treatments are rare. UrgoStart(®) is a hydroactive dressing containing a nano-oligosaccharide factor (NOSF). This study aimed at evaluating the cost-effectiveness of this NOSF-containing wound dressing in vascular leg ulcer...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Augustin M,Herberger K,Kroeger K,Muenter KC,Goepel L,Rychlik R

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure ulcers (PUs) are one of the most prevalent adverse events in acute and chronic care. The root aetiological cause of PUs is sustained cell and tissue deformations, which triggers a synergistic tissue damage cascade that accelerates over relatively short time periods. Changes in skin microclimate conditions are...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Schwartz D,Gefen A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous mastectomy, the first step in sexual reassignment surgery of female-to-male transsexuals, is associated with high rates of complication and revision surgery. Also, conventional electrosurgery and the associated thermal tissue damage may compromise outcome. This retrospective randomised clinical study eval...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Schlosshauer T,Kiehlmann M,Riener MO,Rothenberger J,Sader R,Rieger UM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous delivery of oxygen therapy has been observed to improve healing for individuals with an advanced diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). However, this intervention requires the purchasing of an oxygen delivery device and moist dressings. It is unknown whether this upfront financial investment represents good value for m...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Chan BC,Campbell KE

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to elucidate the in vivo efficacy of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on wound healing in non diabetic and diabetic rats. METHODS:Ninety-six male Wistar-Albino rats were randomly divided into six groups. Saline-moistened gauze, pure gelatin or EGF in gelatin-microsphere dressings were u...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Dogan S,Demirer S,Kepenekci I,Erkek B,Kiziltay A,Hasirci N,Müftüoglu S,Nazikoglu A,Renda N,Dincer UD,Elhan A,Kuterdem E

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy is a sophisticated system that maintains a closed, humid, sterile and isolated environment. Wound infection is considered a relative contraindication. The objective of this study is to extend the indications for VAC therapy to include infected wounds by demonstrating its ability t...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Lo Torto F,Ruggiero M,Parisi P,Borab Z,Sergi M,Carlesimo B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic wounds are a growing challenge for physicians and health insurance agencies. The burden of affected patients is enormous, because of pain but also because of long-lasting therapies and dependence on nursing services. In other areas of medicine, computer-based diagnostics is established, yet, accurate wound doc...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Stremitzer S,Wild T,Hoelzenbein T

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covering the reconstructed area with a healthy soft-tissue envelope is a major challenge after limb-sparing surgery in patients with malignant bone and soft-tissue tumours. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) of open wounds hastens healing and minimises the requirement for complex reconstructive soft-tissue surgery...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Mermerkaya U,Bekmez S,Alkan E,Ayvaz M,Tokgozoglu M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assess the outcome of a standardised protocol for the treatment of post-operative wound infection in patients undergoing deformity correction for neuro-muscular scoliosis (NMS). Retrospective review of 443 consecutive patients with a minimum 18 months' follow-up, following a primary posterior deformity correction for ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Haleem S,Edwin J,Bashir MA,Soltani S,Nadarajah R,Kieser DC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinations of various treatment modalities were shown to be more effective than monotherapy when treating hypertrophic scars and keloids. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of combination therapy with non-ablative fractional laser and intralesional steroid injection. From May 2015 to June 2017, a t...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Shin J,Cho JT,Park SI,Jung SN

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign modelling agent reactions (FMAR) are the result of the injection of unapproved high-viscosity fluids with the purpose of cosmetic body modelling. Its consequences lead to ulceration, disfigurement and even death, and it has reached epidemic proportions in several regions of the world. We describe a series of p...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Martínez-Villarreal AA,Asz-Sigall D,Gutiérrez-Mendoza D,Serena TE,Lozano-Platonoff A,Sanchez-Cruz LY,Toussaint-Caire S,Domínguez-Cherit J,López-García LA,Cárdenas-Sánchez A,Contreras-Ruiz J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure ulcers (PUs) are a common secondary complication experienced by community dwelling individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). There is a paucity of literature on the health economic impact of PU in SCI population from a societal perspective. The objective of this study was to determine the resource use and co...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Chan BC,Nanwa N,Mittmann N,Bryant D,Coyte PC,Houghton PE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wound bed preparation (WBP) is an integral part of the care programme for chronic wounds. The acronym TIME is used in the context of WBP and describes four barriers to healing in chronic wounds; namely, dead Tissue, Infection and inflammation, Moisture imbalance and a non-migrating Edge. Larval debridement therapy (LD...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Pritchard DI,Čeřovský V,Nigam Y,Pickles SF,Cazander G,Nibbering PH,Bültemann A,Jung W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marjolin's ulcer refers to malignant degeneration in a chronic wound. Although originally described in an area of burns scar, many other chronic wounds such as osteomyelitis sinus tracts, venous stasis ulcers and chronic pressure sores have the potential to undergo malignant transformation. We present an interesting c...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Fairbairn NG,Hamilton SA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical site infections are the most common nosocomial infections in surgical patients. The preventable and the unmodifiable risk factors for deep sternal wound infections (DSWI) have been amply assessed in the literature. The aim of this review was to describe the results of the numerous published studies to describ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Buja A,Zampieron A,Cavalet S,Chiffi D,Sandonà P,Vinelli A,Baldovin T,Baldo V

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this systematic review was to determine the supporting evidence for the clinical use of hydrogel dressings as a first aid measure for burn wound management in the pre-hospital setting. Two authors searched three databases (Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase and The Cochrane Library) for relevant English language art...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Goodwin NS,Spinks A,Wasiak J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcers in radiated skin continue to be a challenge for health care practitioners. Healing impairment in the setting of radiation-damaged tissue will most of the time lead to chronic wounds that reduce the patient's quality of life. In this review, we present an update of the pathophysiology of tissue damage caused by ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Olascoaga A,Vilar-Compte D,Poitevin-Chacón A,Contreras-Ruiz J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-tibial lacerations are complex wounds affecting a primarily aged population, with poor healing and a potentially significant impact on social well-being. Management of these wounds has changed little in 20 years, despite significant advances in wound care. A retrospective observational study was undertaken to obse...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： McClelland HM,Stephenson J,Ousey KJ,Gillibrand WP,Underwood P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keloids are fibroproliferative skin disorders characterised clinically by continuous horizontal progression and post-surgical recurrence and histologically by the accumulation of collagen and fibroblast ingredients. Till now, their aetiology remains clear, which may cover genetic, environmental and metabolic factors. ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Huang C,Liu L,You Z,Wang B,Du Y,Ogawa R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00