TIME management by medicinal larvae.

abstract：:Enzymatic debridement with collagenase is a technique that is commonly used in clinical practice. This systematic review examines the effect of collagenase on all kinds of wounds, compared to an alternative therapy, on wound healing, wound bed characteristics, cost-effectiveness and the occurrence of adverse events. W...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Patry J,Blanchette V

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Recent studies have indicated the potential benefits of Non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma (NTAPP) as a novel therapeutic approach. The purpose of the current study was thus to assess the effect of NTAPP on gingival wound healing. Fifteen patients with bilaterally symmetrical gingival hyperplasia were included in...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Kusakci-Seker B,Demirayak-Akdemir M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globally, wound care costs the health care system 2-3% of the total expenditure on health, which equates to several billion dollars annually. To date, there are little data on the cost and healing rates of various wounds. This has been partly because of the difficulty in tracking wound management as the majority of wo...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Khalil H,Cullen M,Chambers H,Carroll M,Walker J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acellular dermal matrices can successfully heal wounds. This study's goal was to compare clinical outcomes of a novel, open-structure human reticular acellular dermis matrix (HR-ADM) to facilitate wound closure in non-healing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) versus DFUs treated with standard of care (SOC). Following a 2-we...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Zelen CM,Orgill DP,Serena T,Galiano R,Carter MJ,DiDomenico LA,Keller J,Kaufman J,Li WW

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative pressure therapy has been successfully applied to clean, closed incisions in patients at high-risk for wound complications. Using laser Doppler flowmetry, we evaluated peristernal perfusion after cardiac surgery via median sternotomy, assessing the influence of mammary artery harvesting and the impact of nega...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Atkins BZ,Tetterton JK,Petersen RP,Hurley K,Wolfe WG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic non-healing wounds are a burden in the Long-Term Care (LTC) sector, increasing costs, morbidity, and mortality and causing pain and suffering. The objective of this LTC Innovation pilot was to test the value of a promising new neuromuscular stimulation device in elevating the experience and satisfaction of the...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Harris C,Ramage D,Boloorchi A,Vaughan L,Kuilder G,Rakas S

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：: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：:Wound chronification and opportunistic infections stand as major factors leading to lower extremities amputations in diabetes. The molecular mechanisms underlying diabetic's torpid healing have not been elucidated. We present the case of a female diabetic patient that after a plantar abscess surgical drainage, tight g...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Berlanga-Acosta J,Mendoza-Mari Y,Martínez MD,Valdés-Perez C,Ojalvo AG,Armstrong DG

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is a serious disease in women. We estimated the global technical success rate and complication rates of percutaneous vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB). PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus databases were retrieved up to July 2018 to find studies in which technical success rate and complication r...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Fang M,Liu G,Luo G,Wu T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial traumatic events are commonly encountered in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Primary reconstruction is a reliable procedure with function and aesthetic considerations. We conduct a retrospective study of the experience of reconstructing facial traumatic defects in the first stage. One hundred and thirty-two...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Chen B,Song H,Gao Q,Xu M,Chai J

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:Wound healing is a complex cellular and biochemical process and can be affected by several systemic and local factors. In this study, we aimed to discuss the aetiologic factors of non-healing wounds and the management of this complicated process with current information. The medical data of the patients who were admit...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Calis H,Sengul S,Guler Y,Karabulut Z

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：: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：: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：:This literature review aimed to provide a narrative review of evidence on validity of clinical and microbial indicators of infection and to gain insights into the diagnosis of infection in chronic leg ulcers (CLUs). A search was conducted in Cinahl, Medline, the Cochrane Library databases, Embase, Web of Science, Scie...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Bui UT,Finlayson K,Edwards H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers and venous leg ulcers, represent a significant cause of morbidity in developed countries, predominantly in older patients. The aetiology of these wounds is probably multifactorial, but the role of bacteria in their pathogenesis is still unclear. Moreover,...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Baffoni M,Bessa LJ,Grande R,Di Giulio M,Mongelli M,Ciarelli A,Cellini L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoradionecrosis is an exceptional complication after the treatment of breast carcinoma. We report here a 63-year-old woman who presented with osteoradionecrosis of the sternum 17 years after initial treatment for breast cancer. Difficulty in diagnosing the lesion and its management is discussed. ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Pandey M,Chandramohan KN,Mathew A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 2011, an international panel of wound care experts from multiple disciplines convened to develop this document to summarise the evolution of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) technology devices over the past 15 years, specifically concentrating on the V.A.C.(®) Therapy (KCI USA, Inc., San Antonio, TX) fam...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Gupta S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade Vacuum Assisted Closure((R)) (KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX) has been established as an effective wound care modality for managing complex acute and chronic wounds. The therapy has been widely adopted by many institutions to treat a variety of wound types. Increasingly, the therapy is being...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Gabriel A,Shores J,Bernstein B,de Leon J,Kamepalli R,Wolvos T,Baharestani MM,Gupta S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterise the role of ethnicity in the occurrence of foot ulcer disease in persons with diabetes, we analysed prospectively collected data for persons attending the diabetes clinic at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A case was defined as any adult presenting to MNH with an ulcer at or...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Abbas ZG,Lutale JK,Archibald LK

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is considered an effective wound treatment, but there are a number of issues that need to be addressed for improvements to be made. This review aimed to explore the literature relating to the pain and skin trauma that may be experienced during NPWT. A literature search was carrie...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Upton D,Andrews A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial colonisation and infection remain the major causes of delayed healing and graft rejection following burns. Topical treatment is necessary to reduce the incidence of burn wound infection. Silver sulphadiazine (SD-Ag) is an often used microbicidal agent. However, this treatment produces adverse reactions and s...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Peral MC,Martinez MA,Valdez JC

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：: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：:Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) to evaluate diabetic foot wound therapies have systematically eliminated large acute wounds from evaluation, focusing only on smaller chronic wounds. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the proportion and rate of wound healing in acute and chronic wounds after partial foot amput...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Armstrong DG,Lavery LA,Boulton AJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich graft was applied to the debrided cortical bone layer of the tibia in the case of a 72-year-old male patient with full-thickness necrotic burn injury. The combined graft consisted of a dermal template material and autologous split thickness skin graft. After application, the graft was found totally accepted...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Gáspár K,Erdei I,Péter Z,Dezsö B,Hunyadi J,Juhász I

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An educational programme in wound healing was developed in France in 1998. The course lasts for 1 year and consists of 100 hours of interactive education including wound-healing principles, management of pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, burns and trauma. The programme mixes theoretical and practical ...

journal_title：International wound journal

authors： Meaume S,Téot L,Dereure O

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00