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Hospital-acquired pressure injury: our seven years of experience

Between June 2014 and June 2021, hospitalised patients' files, from Bayindir Sögütözü Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, were screened retrospectively for Stage 2 and deeper PI development. Patients who had...

Radical sternectomy for osteomyelitis without reconstruction post-coronary artery bypass graft: 10 years on

Radical sternectomy without sternal reconstruction is a rare form of surgical treatment of DSWI. Sternal removal for DSWI and replacement with either titanium plates3 or mesh reconstruction, with or...

Podiatrist intervention could reduce the incidence of foot ulcers in patients with diabetes: a hospital survey in China

The results of this study help to understand the situation of patients with diabetes in China and to prove that standardised podiatrist intervention has an important role in inhibiting the occurrence...

Use of negative pressure wound therapy on locoregional flaps: a case–control study

A retrospective review was carried out based on all flap reconstructions performed in a single tertiary centre in Singapore from November 2017 to January 2020. Patients' electronic medical records...

Pressure injury susceptibility related to lifestyle factors in patients with spinal cord injury: a cross-sectional survey

The overall mean age (Table 1) of the participants was 32.63 years (standard deviation (SD)=12.20), whereas the mean age of those with PIs was 36.68 years (SD=13.33) and without PIs was 28.58 years...

Prevalence and prognosis of hard-to-heal wounds with comorbidities in China

This retrospective study collected demographic information and clinical characteristics of patients with hard-to-heal wounds in China. A total of 6678 patients from 552 hospitals located in 30...

Combined application of moist exposed burn ointment and maggot therapy in wound healing

This study consisted of one laboratory-based coexistence experiment and a case series report, which were performed at the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, People's Republic of...

Risk categorisation of patients attending a diabetic foot screening clinic in Suez

Suez General Hospital Diabetes Foot Screening Clinic was held every Saturday by a family physician (the researcher) after approval of the Suez Governorate health authorities in November 2017..

Use of single-layer artificial dermal template in patients with trauma and burns

This retrospective study included patients with trauma and burns requiring scar release or wound coverage who were treated with a single-layer ADT, between May 2017 and May 2019 at the Izmir Bozyaka...

A novel method of skin graft fixation using adhesive hydrofiber foam

All patients who had undergone skin graft fixation using AHF, between April 2017 and April 2019, were included in this retrospective study. Patients were excluded from the study if the skin graft...

A dual pressure indicator, two-layer compression system for treatment of venous leg ulcers: a review

The initial search was conducted in February 2021 on PubMed; no filters were applied in order to retrieve any published material. Specific descriptors/key words were used for the bibliographic search,...

Comparison between Aquacel and Aquacel Foam dressing on split-thickness skin graft donor site

This was a quasi-experimental study. It was approved by the institute review board of Taipei Veterans General Hospital (VGHTPE-2016-01-008BC). The sampling period was from September 2015 to March...