Dermatology

Evaluation of a New Deeply Immersive, Targeted Microclimate Management Support Surface

Introduction: An estimated 3 million patients per year are treated for pressure injuries (PIs) in the United States with cost approaching $17.8 billion.1 PIs are the most prevalent in int...

11/01/2024

Managing Hidradenitis Suppurativa With a Multi-Disciplinary Care Team

Introduction: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic, debilitating, and relapsing inflammatory disease of skin, is extremely challenging to manage. Specialized providers are few, and sc...

11/01/2024

Successful fish skin xenografting post-Mohs surgery on the lower extremities in a patient with complex regional pain syndrome (CPRS)

Introduction: surgery is a tissue-sparing dermatologic surgery utilized for the treatment of nonmelanomaskin cancers. Reconstruction of soft tissue defects following Mohs surgery can be c...

11/01/2024

Successful Wound Closure in a Rare Manifestation of Radiation Recall Dermatitis FollowingIntralesional Chemotherapy Utilizing Fish Skin Xenografts

Introduction: Radiation recall dermatitis (RRD) is a rare inflammatory skin reaction at previously irradiatedsites, often triggered by chemotherapy drugs. The precise mechanism remains un...

11/01/2024

Use of Intact and Micronized Fish Skin for Treatment of the Complications of Frostbite

Introduction: 68 year old male who presented on January 18, 2024 with shortness of breath. He has a positive history of tobacco and substance abuse. The patient has been intermittently ho...

11/01/2024

Wounds Resulting from Cutaneous Metastasis: A Retrospective Case Series and Literature Review

Introduction: Cutaneous metastasis from internal malignancies is rare, and its presentation as wounds is even less common. This study presents four cases of patients initially presenting ...

11/01/2024

Fish Skin Graft: A promising treatment for managing anal fistula pre and postop complications

Introduction: Anal fistula is an infected tunnel between the skin and anus, the muscular opening end of digestive tract. Most anal fistulas are result of infection in anal gland spreading...

11/01/2024

Flexor Digitorum Brevis Muscle Flap to Treat Non-Healing Heel Wound with Underlying Chronic Osteomyelitis

Introduction: Heel wounds secondary to osteomyelitis present a unique challenge to a surgeon. In the presented case, the patient had a heel wound secondary to chronic osteomyelitis of the...

11/01/2024

Application of Fragmented Fish Skin Graft* on Nonhealing Diabetic Foot Ulcers for a Diabetic Patient with Congestive Heart Failure

Introduction: Fish skin graft (FSG) is a xenograft derived from Atlantic cod that augments wound healing1. This case evaluates FSG* in a patient with non healing diabetic foot ulcers (DF...

11/01/2024

Fish Skin Graft (FSG) to Heal a Wound Secondary to Complication from a Rotational Skin Flap in the Plantar Foot

Introduction: Although a primary closure of wound via a rotational skin flap is ideal in terms of conserving time and getting an individual back to their daily life earlier, it comes with...

11/01/2024