Volume 4 Issue 8 - August 2010
Feature
Infographic
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Wound diagnostic services, which leverage DNA analysis, are now available to wound care clinicians.PathoGenius™ Laboratories, headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, is a state of the art CLIA and CAP certified. The company was founded by...
Wound diagnostic services, which leverage DNA analysis, are now available to wound care clinicians.PathoGenius™ Laboratories, headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, is a state of the art CLIA and CAP certified. The company was founded by...
Wound diagnostic services,...
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Enjoy this preview of the August 2010 print issue of Today's Wound Clinic.
Note: TWC regrets that a few sentences from this Editor's Note were accidentally deleted from the print version of this article, so please read the complete version...
Enjoy this preview of the August 2010 print issue of Today's Wound Clinic.
Note: TWC regrets that a few sentences from this Editor's Note were accidentally deleted from the print version of this article, so please read the complete version...
Enjoy this preview of the August...
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Kristine Hoffman, DPM; Jeffrey Jensen, DPM, FACFAS; Eric D. Jaakola, DPM
Kristine Hoffman, DPM; Jeffrey Jensen...
Neuropathic foot ulcers affect up to 15% of diabetic patients and are the leading cause of hospitalization and lower extremity amputation among this patient population.1,2 Among the diabetic population, amputation is associated with...
Neuropathic foot ulcers affect up to 15% of diabetic patients and are the leading cause of hospitalization and lower extremity amputation among this patient population.1,2 Among the diabetic population, amputation is associated with...
Neuropathic foot ulcers affect...
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Melodie Blakely, PT, MS, CWS
Melodie Blakely, PT, MS, CWS
Total contact casting is an effective and complicated tool in the treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers. In order to gain the most benefit with the least amount of risk one must consider several key variables and, most importantly, must...
Total contact casting is an effective and complicated tool in the treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers. In order to gain the most benefit with the least amount of risk one must consider several key variables and, most importantly, must...
Total contact casting is an...
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To paraphrase an adage, “it is not only what you put on a wound that is important, but what you take off the wound as well.” While dressing selection is important to a degree, offloading plays a critical role in wound healing, especially in...
To paraphrase an adage, “it is not only what you put on a wound that is important, but what you take off the wound as well.” While dressing selection is important to a degree, offloading plays a critical role in wound healing, especially in...
To paraphrase an adage, “it is...
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Caroline Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS
Caroline Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS
Some months ago a 30-year-old white male came to see me with a non-healing injury to the great toe. He had been followed for a year at another wound center in my city, using a variety of topical products. He had a 20-year history of smoking...
Some months ago a 30-year-old white male came to see me with a non-healing injury to the great toe. He had been followed for a year at another wound center in my city, using a variety of topical products. He had a 20-year history of smoking...
Some months ago a 30-year-old...
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Val Sullivan, PT, MS, CWS
Val Sullivan, PT, MS, CWS
One of the most enthralling aspects of human locomotion is the uniqueness of each person’s gait. We see this depicted in novels and movies whether it be the bowlegged rolling gait of the cowboy or the smooth gazelle like stride of a dancer....
One of the most enthralling aspects of human locomotion is the uniqueness of each person’s gait. We see this depicted in novels and movies whether it be the bowlegged rolling gait of the cowboy or the smooth gazelle like stride of a dancer....
One of the most enthralling...
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Product Roundup
08/12/2010
Circulator Boot
Website: www.circulatorboot.com
Contact: (610) 240-9980; info@circulatorboot.com
Location: Malvern, PA
Founded: 1988
Product Lines: End-Diastolic Pneumatic Compression (EDPC) system for clinical use.
Circulator Boot
Website: www.circulatorboot.com
Contact: (610) 240-9980; info@circulatorboot.com
Location: Malvern, PA
Founded: 1988
Product Lines: End-Diastolic Pneumatic Compression (EDPC) system for clinical use.
Circulator Boot
Website:...
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Column
Business Briefs
08/01/2010
Disclaimer: Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, HMP Communications and the author do not represent,...
Disclaimer: Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, HMP Communications and the author do not represent,...
Disclaimer: Information...
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