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Removing Necrosis From A Wound Bed Using Debridement
Expert Insights
03/17/2021

Karen Bauer, DNP

Karen Bauer, DNP
Wound debridement is a fundamental concept in the wound bed preparation model. Both the removal of necrosis from a wound bed and the process of debridement are crucial to infection prevention and wound healing.
Wound debridement is a fundamental concept in the wound bed preparation model. Both the removal of necrosis from a wound bed and the process of debridement are crucial to infection prevention and wound healing.
Wound debridement is a...
03/17/2021
Wound Care
Using Topical Citric Acid to Treat an Infected Ulcerated Hemangioma in an Infant: A Case Study
Case Report
02/23/2021
Basavraj Nagoba
Milind Davane
Basavraj Warad
Nawab Jamadar
Ajay M. Gavkare
Introduction. Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common vascular abnormalities in children under 1 year old; most IHs involute spontaneously and do not need intervention unless a complication occurs. Ulceration and secondary infection...
Introduction. Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common vascular abnormalities in children under 1 year old; most IHs involute spontaneously and do not need intervention unless a complication occurs. Ulceration and secondary infection...
Introduction. Infantile...
02/23/2021
Wounds
Pyoderma Gangrenosum After Hand Surgery: A Case Report
Case Report
02/17/2021
Turkhan Mehdiyev
Robert Zimmermann
A report of pyoderma gangrenosum, originally misdiagnosed as an infection after a carpal tunnel release, is presented.
A report of pyoderma gangrenosum, originally misdiagnosed as an infection after a carpal tunnel release, is presented.
A report of pyoderma...
02/17/2021
Wounds
Regenerative Properties of Autologous  Fat Grafting in a Complicated Radiation-Induced Wound
Case Report
02/15/2021
Krishna S. Vyas
Elias Simon Saba
Nho Tran
Introduction. Delayed wound healing and ulceration in radiated tissue is a surgical challenge. Autologous fat grafting can reverse skin changes secondary to radiation such as fibrosis, scarring, contracture, and pain. Adipose-derived stem...
Introduction. Delayed wound healing and ulceration in radiated tissue is a surgical challenge. Autologous fat grafting can reverse skin changes secondary to radiation such as fibrosis, scarring, contracture, and pain. Adipose-derived stem...
Introduction. Delayed wound...
02/15/2021
Wounds
Consensus Principles In Addressing Fracture-Related Hardware Infections
Blog
01/25/2021
Zeeshan S. Husain DPM FACFAS FASPS
Postoperative infections involving hardware are challenging to manage and may potentially lead to devastating amputations. With this dilemma in mind, recently published consensus findings offer diagnostic criteria for defining...
Postoperative infections involving hardware are challenging to manage and may potentially lead to devastating amputations. With this dilemma in mind, recently published consensus findings offer diagnostic criteria for defining...
Postoperative infections...
01/25/2021
Podiatry Today
It's Not What You Think, Part 2
Video
01/21/2021
In the second installment of Monique Abner's video series "It's Not What You Think," Dr. Abner, MD, CWSP, and her colleagues, Lana Feldman, DO, and Eric Rupard, MD, look into a case of an 82 year old woman, who presents with a septic,...
In the second installment of Monique Abner's video series "It's Not What You Think," Dr. Abner, MD, CWSP, and her colleagues, Lana Feldman, DO, and Eric Rupard, MD, look into a case of an 82 year old woman, who presents with a septic,...
In the second installment of...
01/21/2021
Wound Care
New Study Suggests Shorter Duration Of Antibiotics For Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis
Blog
01/05/2021
Adam L. Isaac DPM FACFAS
Diabetic foot osteomyelitis remains one of the most challenging conditions to manage and treat in the foot and ankle. It is associated with high rates of recurrence, significant morbidity and mortality and costs.1 Diagnosis can be...
Diabetic foot osteomyelitis remains one of the most challenging conditions to manage and treat in the foot and ankle. It is associated with high rates of recurrence, significant morbidity and mortality and costs.1 Diagnosis can be...
Diabetic foot osteomyelitis...
01/05/2021
Podiatry Today
Case Report
12/31/2020
Aprine Tan
Jackie Tey
Kimberley Leow
Keng Lin Wong
Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) used as an irrigation channel to manage deep cavity wounds with a tunneled opening has yet to be described to the authors' knowledge. The patient presented with pain...
Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) used as an irrigation channel to manage deep cavity wounds with a tunneled opening has yet to be described to the authors' knowledge. The patient presented with pain...
Negative pressure wound therapy...
12/31/2020
Wounds
Case Report
12/31/2020
Brigitte Vola
Ross Vander Noot
A 50-year-old female with multiple comorbidities underwent complete colectomy, end ileostomy, and percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy tube placement and subsequently developed a 27 cm x 22 cm x 7 cm abdominal wound that was approximately 85%...
A 50-year-old female with multiple comorbidities underwent complete colectomy, end ileostomy, and percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy tube placement and subsequently developed a 27 cm x 22 cm x 7 cm abdominal wound that was approximately 85%...
A 50-year-old female with...
12/31/2020
Wounds

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