WCC

The Use of Smartphone Technology in Wound Identification

Summary Use of smartphones and apps can help improve early identification of wounds. Learn about one hospital‚Äôs journey to decreasing hospital acquired pressure injuries through early r...

02/01/2021

Necrotizing Fasciitis of Forearms in Intravenous Heroin User: Case Report of Advanced Wound Management Improving Dressing Tolerance and Expediting Skin Graft

Intravenous (IV) and “Skin-popping” are methods of injecting illicit drugs that have numerous complications due to subcutaneous deposits or pierced vessels becoming infected and progressi...

01/28/2021

Beating Biofilm with Hypochlorous Acid Instillation with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Biofilm and the bacterial burden have been recognized as impediments to wound progression. The use of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) has gained...

01/28/2021

Aseptically Processed Meshed Reticular Dermal Matrix For Soft Tissue Reconstruction for Necrotizing Fasciitis: Case Report

Necrotizing infection carries a high mortality.1 If the patient survives, they typically have undergone multiple surgical debridements to assist in clearing the infection and necrotic tis...

01/28/2021

Aseptically Processed Placental and Dermal Tissue Matrices For Soft Tissue Reconstruction. A Review of 145 Cases

Surgical reconstruction of chronic wounds using soft tissue flaps is a routine approach to achieve closure. Due to the poor tissue quality, longstanding inflammation, bioburden and impai...

01/28/2021

Management of Lower Extremity Orthopedic Wounds With Exposed Hardware Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation

Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d*), which provides wound cleansing to help remove debris, infectious materials, and exudate, has been reported to ...

01/28/2021

Use of Super-Absorbent Dressings and Compression in the Management of Highly Exudative Bilateral Venous Stasis Ulcers

Venous ulcers, a common type of lower extremity ulcers, can affect up to 3% of the United States population.1 These ulcers can be difficult to heal and may recur in 60%-70% of patients.2 ...

01/28/2021

Use of a Collagen/Oxidized Regenerative Cellulose Dressing for Split-thickness Skin Graft Donor Site to Reduce Pain and Bleeding Complications

Background: Split-thickness skin grafts (STSG) are standard of care reconstructive procedures for trauma/burn-related skin loss, yet associated donor sites remain the most painful aspect ...

11/23/2020

Management of Two Patients with Enterocutaneous Fistula After Open Abdomen Requiring Split-Thickness Skin Grafting

We present the cases of Patient A, a 71-year-old female, and Patient B, a 74-year-old male, who underwent successful management of enterocutaneous fistulas after having open abdomens requ...

11/23/2020

A Multidisciplinary Team Approach Reduces PEG Site Complications

Education provided to patients and their family on how to care for the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube is limited and varies widely. This results in PEG-site and tube compl...

11/23/2020