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Combination Use Of A Bioresorbable Silver Matrix And An Unna Boot To Treat A Non-Healing Lower Extremity Wound

Background: A 74-year-old female patient presented with a traumatic wound to her left lower leg that was non-healing for 1 month. Previously, she was treated with silver sulfadiazine. On ...

05/26/2022

Biologic agent sparing potential of fish skin grafts in treatment resistant pyoderma gangrenosum: a case study

Introduction: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an ulcerative skin disorder that is caused by neutrophil dysfunction, genetic function, and systemic inflammation, best known as a complication ...

05/26/2022

Combined use of an iodinated foam with compression therapy for venous stasis ulcers

Background: Venous stasis ulcer is the most common etiology of lower extremity ulceration, which affects approximately one percent of the United States population. These ulcers are usuall...

05/26/2022

Burn Wound After Use of a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS) with Foot Bath--A Case Report

Introduction: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) units transmit low-voltage electrical impulses to an area of the body and are often utilized as an adjuvant treatment for p...

05/26/2022

Continuity of Care: Retrospective Review of Ovine Forestomach Matrix Efficacy Across All Phases of Wound Healing

Ovine Forestomach Matrix (OFM) has demonstrated great clinical efficacy in the treatment of acute and chronic wounds in the out-patient setting[1]. Recently, newer particulate+ and robust...

05/26/2022

A Case Report: Coupling Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation and Split Thickness Skin Graft for a Large Chronic Venous Leg Ulceration

Purpose: There is no case report coupling NPWTi* (Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation) and STSG (Split Thickness Skin Graft) for chronic venous ulceration. The purpose of th...

05/26/2022

A New Treatment Modality to Expedite Healing in the Case of a Transmetatarsal Breakdown

The patient is a 65 year old Polynesian male with a medical history of hypertension, dialysis dependent renal failure, coronary artery bypass, status post left below knee amputation and a...

05/26/2022

A Skin Graft Protocol to Heal Lower Extremity Wounds in Older Adults: Success through Collaboration

Older adults with large open wounds or skin cancers are rarely offered skin grafts due to the belief that they will not heal and that the donor site is very painful. Primary closure of lo...

05/26/2022

Allograft Adipose Matrix Application in Diabetic Foot Ulcerations

Introduction: With osseous resection procedures in diabetic foot ulceration management, a large void of soft tissue is often left behind. This can lead to abscess formation, infection, or...

05/26/2022

Application of a Bioengineered Electrospun Synthetic Polymer Matrix in Limb Salvage: A Case Series.

Introduction:Over 150,000 lower extremity amputations are performed in the United States each year, with 85% of lower-limb amputations in patients with diabetes, being preceded with an un...

05/26/2022

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