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Between April 2016 and March 2018, we enrolled 20 patients. Two patients did not complete the two-week treatment period; one patient was admitted because of an infection at the ulcer site and one...
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We evaluated a prospective case series of patients with complicated full-thickness ulcers, and comorbidities such as diabetes and peripheral vascular disease who were treated with DAMA (Integra...
More than 50% of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) become infected1 with ~18% resulting in minor amputation at best.2 The most common infective organism is meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA),...
The under-use of TCCs is well-established in existing literature. Across the US, in 2010, TCC was used regularly in only 6% of wound care clinics.13 Despite higher healing rates achieved using TCC,...
This was a multicentre, open-label, randomised clinical trial conducted in 19 outpatient centres, geographically spread across the US. The primary objective of the study was to investigate the healing...
The objective of this case study is to evaluate the clinical application of a 3D-printed scaffold in the treatment of chronic wounds, including PUs and DFUs, including:.
Different topical and systemic approaches of additional oxygen supply to a chronic wound are available. The topical approaches are discussed in this review in more detail.
The three risk factors for amputation illustrated as three intersecting rings of dominance (adapted from Armstrong and Mills)1.
DFUs that do not heal with standard care alone can be successfully treated with skin substitutes. However, these skin substitutes can be expensive, and once their use is initiated, treatment may still...
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