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Optimizing Chronic Wound Treatment Through Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Imaging-Guided Non-Contact, Low-Frequency Ultrasound Therapy

Introduction: Chronic wounds often fail to heal due to various factors, including poor tissue oxygenation. Improving tissue oxygenation has been a central tenet of promoting wound healing...

11/01/2024

Oral Fibrinolytic Enzyme Saved Pre-Gangrenous Toes -- A Single Case Study

Introduction: A 78 year-old male patient presented with dry pre-gangrenous toes wounds bilaterally that would not heal over the past 6 months, in spite of oral anticoagulant, orthotics an...

11/01/2024

Utilizing Fragmented Acellular Fish Skin Grafts in Management of Large Soft Tissue defects following Necrotizing Fasciitis Debridement

Introduction: Necrotizing fasciitis can often result in extensive soft tissue loss following surgical debridement. Conventional wound management can be ineffective due to the large so...

11/01/2024

Use of Fish Skin Grafting in Diabetic Patients with Known Peripheral Arterial Disease

Introduction: Arterial insufficiency has been discussed as a relative contraindication by some physicians for applying skin substitutes in diabetic patients. The purpose of this abstract...

11/01/2024

Non Healing Diabetic Plantar Hallux Wounds Healed with Distal Medial Partial Plantar Fasciotomy and Fish Skin Grafting

Introduction: Plantar hallux ulcerations are known to be a difficult ulceration to heal due to weightbearing requirements and foot biomechanics. They often will go on to nonhealing despi...

11/01/2024

Time Does Not (Always) Heal All Wounds: Seven-Year Recalcitrant DFU Treated Using Tri-Layer Amnion/Chorion/Placental Membrane Tissue (RE-AC)

Introduction: Diabetic patients pose complex extrinsic and intrinsic challenges that require a multifactorial approach to wound healing using more advanced technologies including human pl...

11/01/2024

Pilonidal Cyst Excision with Primary Closure Using Vancomycin/Saline Reconstituted Full Thickness Fish Skin Underlay

Introduction: Pilonidal cyst treatment principles include the entire removal of the sinus tract, complete healing of the overlying skin, and minimizing the risk of recurrence. Management...

11/01/2024

Utilization of Platelet Rich Plasma Reconstituted with Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) to Treat Hard to Heal Wounds in Patients with Diabetes.

Introduction: The problem that was addressed by our wound clinic was that we had hard to heal chronic wounds that had been present often times for greater than 6 months in patients with d...

11/01/2024

Fish Skin Graft for Closure of Complex Stage 4 Pressure Wounds of Trunk in Non-Operative Patients in the Outpatient Setting

Introduction: Treatment of complex pressure wounds especially those with tunnelling and undermining can be challenging. In many cases, operative debridement and complex closure with a fla...

11/01/2024

Use of Dehydrated Human Placental Mini-Membrane Allograft and Meshed Human Reticular Acellular Dermal Matrix for Limb Salvage of Advanced Necrotizing Fasciitis

Introduction: Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening condition with rapid progression that is known to potentiate risk for limb amputation. Even with prompt and proper medical treatm...

11/01/2024