Introduction: Traumatic injuries can lead to massive, complex wounds with an increased propensity for infection. Despite the prevalence of patients with such wounds presenting at level 1 ...
Introduction: The application of multi-layer compression therapy is the gold standard for the management of patients with venous insufficiency and other wounds compromised by lower extre...
Introduction: Chronic venous insufficiency is the 7th most common chronic disease and is the underlying cause of 95% of leg ulcers1. Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are difficult to treat and ev...
Background: Lower extremity wounds present unique management challenges to patients and clinicians alike.1 It is well documented that comorbidities such as peripheral vascular disease, im...
Introduction: A majority of chronic wounds are plagued by the formation of adherent biofilm. Biofilm develops when colonies of surface-attached bacteria form connections and exude a prote...
Introduction: Keratin is a fibrous structural protein that provides mechanical stability to cells of the epidermis. Recent advances have been made in understanding the role of keratin in ...
Background: The pathway from chronic wound to major lower extremity amputation is extensively documented and known to have immense consequences on quality of life. However, mortality rate...
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
Clinicians today may be quicker to look to the Internet for wound healing advice than they are to conduct clinical research. Boundaries must be set here.
Clinicians today may be quicker to look to the Internet for wound healing advice than they are to conduct clinical research. Boundaries must be set here.
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is an advanced wound care strategy that supports healing by removing exudate and stimulating the growth of granulation tissue. During application, a...
Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a significant burden on the worldwide health-care system. These chronic lower extremity wounds are often refractory to standard of care and c...