Dermatology

Utilizing Transforming Powder Dressing on Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers Refractory to Standard of Care Management: Outcomes of Three Patients

Introduction: Venous leg ulcers (VLU), account for 70% of all leg ulcers, occurring in 1-2% of the general population and in 4% of people 65 years of age and older.1. The average healing ...

11/01/2024

Survey of Patients with Hard-to-Heal Wounds

Introduction: To learn about the experiences of people who seek treatment for hard-to-heal wounds, we distributed a nationwide pilot survey, asking questions about the nature of their wou...

11/01/2024

Severe Case of Dissecting Cellulitis of the Scalp; Innovative Technique of Salvaged Full-thickness Skin Grafts: A Case Report

Introduction: Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp (DCS) is an inflammatory disease included in the follicular occlusion tetrad, including hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), acne conglobata, an...

11/01/2024

Slow Release Iodine Dressings in Large Burns: Thyroid Impact & Outcomes

Introduction: Iodine containing dressings comprise contraindications for patients with thyroid disfunction. Further, precautions for surface areas greater than labeled limits for single ...

11/01/2024

Case Report

Wound Excision and Closure by Secondary Intention and Growth Factor Application in the Management of Rosacea Complicated by Giant Rhinophyma

11/09/2023

Lei Cai ;

Bin Chen ;

Li Zhang ;

Wei Qiu ;

Xiaohua Lin ;

Zhehao Shi ;

Fan Zhang ;

This report follows a case of rosacea with giant rhinophyma. The patient was treated with excision, closure by secondary intention, and growth factors and achieved complete healing with no recurrence.

This report follows a case of...

11/09/2023

Wounds

Original Research

Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane Allograft for Postoperative Wounds Following Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Retrospective Comparative Evaluation

09/14/2023

Ana Ormaza ;

Navid Ezra ;

Sadaf Moradi ;

In this retrospective study, authors assessed whether treatment with dehydrated human amnion/chorion membrane was associated with improved wound healing rates following Mohs micrographic surgery.

In this retrospective study,...

09/14/2023

Wounds

Videos

Minimal Important Differences (MIDs) for Clinician-Reported Outcome Measures (ClinROMs) in Dermatology

09/09/2022

Riya Gandhi , MA;

In this interview, Dr Reinhart Speeckaert emphasizes the importance and reliability of Minimal Important Differences (MIDs) for Clinician-Reported Outcome Measures (ClinROMs) in dermatology. He also addresses the inappropriate generalization...

In this interview, Dr Reinhart...

09/09/2022

The Dermatologist

The development of an accredited Ex Vivo Burn Wound Model for pre-clinical efficacy testing of antimicrobial agents.

Whilst survival rates have improved over the past few decades due to advances in modern medicine (Rafla and Tredget, 2011), infection is still the leading cause of morbidity and mortality...

Chandan Sen , PhD;

Nandini Ghosh , PhD;

Jessica Smith , RN, MSN, BS ;

Hollie Leighton ;

Subhadip Ghatak , PhD;

Sashwati Roy , PhD;

05/26/2022

Using Standardized Testing to Delineate How Materials and Construction Impact Performance Characteristics of Support Surfaces to Enhance Objective Clinical Decision-making for Pressure Injury Prevention

Introduction: Clinicians are challenged with having objective data to choose support surfaces that will offer the most ideal clinical performance for patient populations. Support surfaces...

Kristen Thurman , PT, MPT, CWS;

05/26/2022

Alligator derived hyaluronic acid quells the inflammatory phase of wound healing through a dual interaction with the host and the microbiome

Introduction: Although several antimicrobials have been used in advanced wound care products such as silver and PHMB, toxicology and wound healing studies have shown that high levels of t...

Laura Giesey , PhD;

Michelle Ha ;

Mitchell Sanders , MS, PhD;

Anthony Frei , PhD;

Martha Roman , BS ;

05/26/2022