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Spaceflight human physiology research will improve wound care on terra firma

‘For some time, I thought Apollo 13 was a failure. I was disappointed I didn't get to land on the moon. But actually, it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened.’ .

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...

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.’ .