arterial ulcers

Healing Tunneling Wounds by Layering Fragmented Fish Skin Graft (FSG)

Introduction: Healing tunneling wounds is particularly challenging due to their complex structure and the difficulty in accessing the entire wound area for treatment. Tunneling wounds, wh...

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

Wound Management of Severe Necrotizing Fasciitis

Introduction: 57-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of RCA STEMI and reduced EF%, admitted to the hospital with diagnosed necrotizing fasciitis infection involving his pe...

11/01/2024

Rapid Communication

Cisgender Cellular Tissue-Based Products Improve Wound Healing

02/12/2024

Meaghan Coles ;

Christina Del Pin ;

Manuel Beltran Del Rio ;

Amit S. Rao , MD;

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Wound closure rates were reviewed in this study, by size over time, to establish the CTP sex's role in healing outcomes.

Wound closure rates were...

02/12/2024

Wounds

Pure Hypochlorous Preserved Wound Cleanser* in the Management oF Wound/skin Conditions Associated with Moisture Associated Skin Damage

Introduction: We report our experience with HAPWOC in a 454-bed metropolitan Level I Trauma Center in the Midwestern United States. Adopted by the Certified Wound Ostomy & Continence ...

Kari Day , RN, BSN, WCC;

Michael D. Kalos , DNP, RN, CWOCN;

Denise Gilmore , BSN, RN, CWON, CFCN;

Krista Bauer (Montgomery) , RN, WCC, OMS;

Kurt Holifield , RN, BSN, WCC, OMS;

Ashley L. Wardman , LPN;

05/26/2022

Leg Ulceration with Infected Calcinosis Cutis Mimicking Osteomyelitis: A Case Report

Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to highlight a patient with multiple recurrent episodes of sepsis and cellulitis that was ultimately diagnosed at calcinosis cutis of the lower ...

Fahad Hussain , DPM;

05/26/2022

Expediting Acute Wound Healing by Integrating Multiple Therapeutic Strategies

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 ...

Kathy E. Gallagher , DNP, MSN, APRN-FNP, CWS, WCC, BC;

05/26/2022

Basics of Wound Care

Vascular Wounds

10/04/2021

Christopher M. Davey , MD, CWSP;

To treat a wound successfully, the provider must first know what type of wound it is. Of course, there are many different types of wounds, but the most common types seen in a typical wound care clinic are venous ulcers, diabetic ulcers of...

To treat a wound successfully,...

10/04/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

AI-powered Wound Tissue Classification and Segmentation

Background: Accurate and consistent wound documentation has long been a challenge in the adoption of best practice wound care. With few wound specialists, minimal formal wound education f...

Dhanesh Ramachandram ;

Amy Cassata , RN, WCC;

08/19/2021