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Clinical Advantage of a Bioresorbable Silver Matrix on a Radiation Breast Wound

BACKGROUND – In January of 2020, a 65-year-old female patient presented with invasive lobular breast cancer and secondary ulceration of the right breast (ER/PR positive, HER-2 negative (F...

08/19/2021

Poloxamer 188: Hydrogel-Surfactant's Use in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Purpose: Poloxamer 188* (P188) is a concentrated water-soluble hydrogel and surfactant used in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcerations. Hydrogels maintain moist environments while prom...

08/19/2021

Hard to Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated Interchangeably With Dehydrated Human Umbilical Cord Expandable and Dehydrated Human Amnion Chorion Membrane Allografts Case Series

Introduction: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are an unfortunately common and grave complication of diabetes mellitus with up to 34% of people with diabetes potentially developing lower extr...

08/19/2021

Mixed Venous Arterial Disease Right Lower Extremity Chronic Ulcer Treated With An Innovative Dehydrated Human Umbilical Cord Expandable (dHUC EX) Allograft

Introduction: Venous leg ulcers (VLUs), although common, are often mismanaged due to errors of not correctly diagnosing the arterial insufficiency component. In fact, mixed arterial venou...

08/19/2021

Angiosarcoma on Untreated Facial Capillary Malformations

03/27/2021

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLC
Akimitsu Nishibayashi, MD, Yuki Hata, MD, PhD, Yumiko Hori, MD, PhD, Koichi Tomita, MD, PhD, Ken Matsuda, MD, PhD, Kenji Yano, MD, PhD, and Ko Hosokawa, MD, PhD

Publisher:Open Science Company, LLCAk...

Angiosarcoma on Untreated Facial Capillary Malformations Akimitsu Nishibayashi, MD,a Yuki Hata, MD, PhD,a Yumiko Hori, MD, PhD,b Koichi Tomita, MD, PhD,a Ken Matsuda, MD, PhD,a Kenji Yano, MD, PhD,a and Ko Hosokawa, MD,...

Angiosarcoma on Untreated...

03/27/2021

ePlasty

Editorial

The Bigger They Are, The Worse the Ulcers!

02/02/2021

Terry Treadwell

Obesity is so common that we rarely think much about it. However, it has progressed to the point that obesity is considered an epidemic in the United States, with about 40% of people being obese, per the 2015–2016 numbers.

Obesity is so common that we...

02/02/2021

Wounds

Case Series

It Takes a Village: The Management of Extreme Sequelae of Skin Popping

01/08/2021

C.J. Michet

Courtney Whitelock

Nicole Siparsky

Skin popping (SP) is a popular technique for drug misuse, for its ease of administration and longer duration of effect. Skin infection is a well-described sequela of SP, but less is known about the more extreme sequelae of this practice.

Skin popping (SP) is a popular...

01/08/2021

Wounds

Case Series

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation and Dwell Time Modifications for Lower Limb Wounds With the Waterfall Technique: A Case Series

12/31/2020

Kimberley Leow

Jackie Tey

Aprine Tan

Kimberly Tan

Keng Lin Wong

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a novel waterfall technique, a modification of the usual bridging used during NPWTi-d application, to facilitate the channeling of instillation fluid into diabetic foot wounds with small entry points.

This study evaluates the...

12/31/2020

Wounds

Evidence Corner

Does Hyperbaric Oxygen Improve Lower Extremity Ulcer Outcomes?

10/05/2020

Laura Bolton

This month's Evidence Corner summarizes 2 studies regarding patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

This month's Evidence Corner...

10/05/2020

Wounds

Unusual Wounds