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A comprehensive literature review of medical textbooks and journals was undertaken. Chapters and articles discussing the pathophysiology of CVI and its sequelae were included. A PubMed search of...
The two-layer bandage with pressure indicators (UrgoKTwo Compression Bandage with PresSure System, Urgo Medical, France) (2LB+I) comprises two dynamic layers: the short-stretch layer combines viscose...
DHACM FPFU was associated with lower overall costs in the first year, despite higher treatment costs. This cost saving was due to lower amputation rates and lower healthcare resource utilisation (for...
This prospective, randomised, double-blind pilot study, conducted at a single outpatient wound care centre located in Western Pennsylvania, US, evaluated the efficacy of a topical antiseptic (Anasept)...
This prospective multi-centre RCT demonstrated that FBADM plus SOC led to a significantly greater number of patients with DFUs achieving complete wound closure in 12 weeks compared with SOC alone. The...
We sought to analyse products that have been identified in the literature as advanced matrices in the treatment of VLUs. These products were determined to be: advanced matrix (AM) (Talymed, Marine...
With approval from the hospital's Institutional Review Board, a retrospective review was conducted of patients 18 years of age or younger who were referred for HBOT at our tertiary wound care and...
Data were extracted retrospectively from patient notes on patients consecutively treated for femoral endarterectomy between January 2013 and December 2019. The sNPWT system was introduced into...
A 62-year-old female patient with poorly controlled diabetes and hypertension presented to a local medical centre's emergency department for evaluation of her right foot. One month before, while...
The first step in the algorithm (Fig 1) is to identify people at risk of developing a PU, such as those with reduced mobility, urinary or fecal incontinence, and those who are malnourished.1 Once...
In the analysed dataset, 9,738,760 patients had a confirmed diabetes diagnosis, within which the metagroup of 909,813 had a confirmed diagnosis of LEDU, spanning 1,336,415 treatment episodes (Fig 1)....
A total of six patients were included in this case series (Table 1). The median age of patients was 25 years old. All patients had previously undergone I&D procedures and four patients had previously...
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...
The retrospective case series was conducted in accordance with institutional guidelines conforming to the Declaration of Helsinki and informed written consent was obtained from patients. All patient...
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