A simple concept for covering pressure sores: wound edge-based propeller perforator flap.

abstract：:A new method (V.A.C.ULTA Therapy System, KCI USA, Inc., San Antonio, TX) combines the benefits of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT; V.A.C. Therapy, KCI USA, Inc.) with regulated, periodic instillation of user-selected topical wound solutions (V.A.C. VeraFlo Therapy, KCI USA, Inc.). In simulated wound model studie...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Rycerz AM,Allen D,Lessing MC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene is a life-changing complication, caused by a pro-thrombotic life-threatening disease, such as disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) secondary to systemic infection. We describe the unusual case of a woman who developed symmetrical peripheral digital gangrene following DI...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Ghafoor SZ,MacRae EA,Harding KG,Patel GK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption, despite influencing several organic processes, has been scarcely studied regarding the risk of developing surgical wound complications after surgical breast cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to analyse the association between alcohol consumption and the development of surgical wound comp...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： de Menezes RF,Bergmann A,Thuler LCS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many porcine burn models that create burns using different materials (e.g. metal, water) and different burn conditions (e.g. temperature and duration of exposure). This review aims to determine whether a pooled analysis of these studies can provide insight into the burn materials and conditions required to c...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Andrews CJ,Cuttle L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the maintenance of the 30° side-lying lateral tilt position among aged care residents at the risk of developing pressure injuries when using the standard care pillow and a purpose-designed positioning device. An observational study was conducted. Participants were monitored during ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Kapp S,Gerdtz M,Gefen A,Prematunga R,Santamaria N

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of low level laser therapy for wound healing when combined with the Extendicare Wound Prevention and Management Program. Sixteen residents at a Canadian Extendicare nursing home had a total of 27 sites treated consisting of 23 open wounds and 4 'at risk' areas. O...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Saltmarche AE

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care-associated infections in hospitals, including surgical site infections, contribute significantly to morbidity as well as mortality. Surgical incision management (SIM) using negative pressure wound therapy (Prevena™ Incision Management System, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., San Antonio, TX, USA) is designed to cov...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Weir G

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:The purpose of this project was to evaluate associations of increasing diabetic foot surgery stage with postoperative outcome. This project, designed as a retrospective cohort model, was conducted at three large, urban referral-based diabetic foot clinics. The investigators abstracted medical records from 180 patients...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Armstrong DG,Lavery LA,Frykberg RG,Wu SC,Boulton AJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this randomised controlled study were to determine whether the application of silicone adhesive dressings with standard preventive care would reduce the impairment of skin integrity and to evaluate the subepidermal moisture (SEM) value in anatomical locations to predict impairment of skin integrity. Of the...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Lee YJ,Kim JY,Shin WY

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Podologists are nurses who care for the diabetic foot (orthotics, offloading devices, blisters, calluses, treatment of fungus infection and patient education). In contrast to podiatrists, they are not qualified to perform any surgical treatment or wound care. We analysed whether there is an association between the dec...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Kröger K,Moysidis T,Feghaly M,Schäfer E,Bufe A,Initiative Chronische Wunden e.V., Germany.

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case study reporting on the successful treatment of a patient affected by a basal cell carcinoma is submitted. Because the carcinoma had infiltrated deeply, a wide excision was necessary, including the removal of bone tissue. The deep tissue defect was treated with PROMOGRAN* Matrix, a protease-modulating matrix, to...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Tausche AK,Sebastian G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis of stage I pressure ulcers cannot be predicted; therefore, nursing interventions for preventing their deterioration have not been clearly established. This study describes the clinical course of stage I pressure ulcers and prospectively investigates the factors related to their deterioration. Thirty-one ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Sato M,Sanada H,Konya C,Sugama J,Nakagami G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic wounds represent an aberrant biochemistry that creates a toxic proteolytic milieu which can be detrimental to the healing process. Rebalancing the wound microenvironment and addressing elevated protease activity (EPA) could therefore help facilitate healing. To understand how clinicians currently diagnose and ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Snyder RJ,Cullen B,Nisbet LT

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of a new product (Neuropad repair foam(®)) in promoting skin hydration of the foot in type 2 diabetes. Included in this study were 20 type 2 diabetic patients (10 men, mean age 61·40 ± 2·44 years). Patients applied Neuropad repair foam(®) on the plantar aspect ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Papanas N,Papazoglou D,Papatheodorou K,Maltezos E

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：: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：:Little is known about the cost-benefit of soft silicone foam dressings in pressure ulcer (PU) prevention among critically ill patients in the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU). A randomised controlled trial to assess the efficacy of soft silicone foam dressings in preventing sacral and heel PUs w...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Santamaria N,Liu W,Gerdtz M,Sage S,McCann J,Freeman A,Vassiliou T,DeVincentis S,Ng AW,Manias E,Knott J,Liew D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to both assist in the selection of flaps for ischial pressure wound re-construction and to evaluate the overall complication rates associated with re-construction. A retrospective medical record review was conducted for 78 patients following the surgical re-construction of an ischial pressure sore. R...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Ahluwalia R,Martin D,Mahoney JL

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure injuries are one of the most common and costly complications occurring in US hospitals. With up to 3 million patients affected each year, hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) place a substantial burden on the US healthcare system. In the current study, US hospital discharge records from 9.6 million pat...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Wassel CL,Delhougne G,Gayle JA,Dreyfus J,Larson B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perioperative corticosteroids administration and the incidence of pressure ulcers (PUs) in cardiovascular surgical patients. A retrospective analysis was performed on data from consecutive patients who had cardiac surgery in 2012. Univariate and multiva...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Chen HL,Shen WQ,Xu YH,Zhang Q,Wu J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinical and culture-positive infection rates of open Gustilo/Anderson type II and III fractures using a protocol nanocrystalline silver wound dressing and hydrosurgical debridement. Retrospective case series through chart review on all type II and III open fra...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Keen JS,Desai PP,Smith CS,Suk M

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Perianal fistula is a common disease that affects particular patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Honey has been used as a natural remedy for centuries for the treatment of various disorders. We report a patient with persistent fistulas, in whom conventional medical and surgical therapy failed. In this case, most...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Vlcekova P,Krutakova B,Takac P,Kozanek M,Salus J,Majtan J

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Venous or mixed ulcers are common and invalidating. Cutaneous transplants may be necessary if conventional treatment is ineffective. We evaluated the performance of Cellutome in promoting the healing of venous or mixed ulcers 2 months after grafting. This was a retrospective, multi-centric, descriptive study of patien...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Vinceneux Talvande B,Carvalho Lallement P,Safa G,Journet Tollhupp J,Lembelembe JP,Blaise S,Maillard H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diabetes mellitus have a lifetime risk of 15% to 25% of developing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). DFU is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Wound imaging systems are useful adjuncts in monitoring of wound progress. Our study aims to review existing literature on the available wound assess...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Chan KS,Lo ZJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Indwelling foreign-body infections are a critical medical problem, especially in immunocompromised patients. To examine the pathogenicity of biofilm-forming bacteria settling on foreign materials, mice implanted with plastic discs were infected with Staphylococcus aureus. After opening a wide subcutaneous pocket on th...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Makino T,Jimi S,Oyama T,Nakano Y,Hamamoto K,Mamishin K,Yahiro T,Hara S,Takata T,Ohjimi H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic, opportunistic, and commensal bacterial coexist in the intestinal tract, and imbalances among these strains have been linked to systemic inflammation and a variety of disease states. Similarly, human skin plays an important role as an interface between the body and the environment with an estimated 1 billio...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Knackstedt R,Knackstedt T,Gatherwright J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00