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Multicomponent compression system use in patients with chronic venous insufficiency: a real-life prospective study

Real-life data on the treatment of patients with CVI are still quite scarce in the literature, notably regarding the compression treatment of venous oedema, or patients' perception and acceptability...

Topical oxygen therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers: a multicentre, open, randomised controlled clinical trial

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...

Wound care during the covid-19 pandemic: improving outcomes through the integration of telemedicine

This pandemic is a global threat which puts tremendous stress on healthcare systems. Italy is facing a shortage of PPE and healthcare workers, a lack of intensive care unit (ICU) beds and ventilators,...

Treatment of hard-to-heal leg ulcers with hyaluronic acid, sodium alginate and negative pressure wound therapy

Among the 25 included patients, 18 (72.0%) were male and seven (28.0%) were female, with a mean age of 59.6±13.5 years. Median wound area was 14.0 cm2 (6.0–100.0 cm2). The 25 patients were randomly...

Fluorescence imaging guided dressing change frequency during negative pressure wound therapy: a case series

Patients ranged in age from 18 to 87 years. We assessed 11 wounds undergoing NPWT (10 patients in total) were imaged for bacterial fluorescence as part of this study. A beneficial effect of bacterial...

Pyoderma gangrenosum demographics, treatments and outcomes: an analysis of 2,273 cases

The NIS database, developed for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), is maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It is the largest publicly-available...

Early identification of wound infection: understanding wound odour

The databases searched were PubMed, Cochrane, Google Scholar and Google Patents. The search was limited to published literature written in the English language. Search terms were identical for each of...

Effect of continuous diffusion of oxygen on pain in treatment of chronic wounds

Comparison of oxygen delivery therapies (not shown to scale). Hyperbaric oxygen treatment is given in a high-pressure chamber delivering 90 minutes of oxygen per day, five days per week. Topical...

Pyoderma gangrenosum demographics, treatments, and outcomes: an analysis of 2,273 cases

The NIS database, developed for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), is maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It is the largest publicly-available...

Patients' experiences of negative pressure wound therapy for the treatment of wounds: a review

There is evidence to show that significant pain is often experienced by patients during wound care, specifically in relation to dressing changes.10 Therefore, pain may impact on patients' concordance...

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