Avengers assemble

Cold plasma treatment

Three specialist wound care centres in the Netherlands were asked to participate in the case series. At each centre, the wound care and CAP treatment was performed by a specialist wound care...

Early wound bed preparation: irrigation and debridement

Surgeons have identified early wound bed preparation as an initial strategy to deal with hard-to-heal wound infections. These infections have not healed after three months, and healing by secondary...

Antibiotic resistance and bacteriophage: where we are today

How can we deliver oxygen to wounds?

If all you have is a hammer…

‘and if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and, not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.’ .

Thoughts on ‘hospice’ wound formulary

A delicate balance

‘Exudate is vital in wounds for the delivery of nutrients needed for cell metabolism, autolysis of necrotic tissue and as a lubricant for speeding up the migration of epithelial cells across the...