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Use of TIME in treating a hard-to-heal localised scleroderma wound

The patient was a 44-year-old male with a diagnosis of localised scleroderma for five years. He had a smoking history of 20 years, averaging 10 cigarettes per day. Because the skin on the right side...

Extra-wound fixation: a modified tie-over dressing technique for skin graft

The medical records of 38 patients (30 male and eight female patients) aged 15–38 years (mean=25.4 years)were retrospectively analysed. Of these, 19 (50.0%) patients were treated using the extra-wound...

Treating hard-to-heal ulcers: biocellulose with nanosilver compared with silver sulfadiazine

A prospective, randomised control trial was conducted at the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Songkla University, Songklanagarind Hospital between July 2012 and July 2014....

Clinical efficacy of biocellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose and normal saline dressing in epidermolysis bullosa

This study was a single-blind, randomised controlled trial that took place between December 2018 and March 2019. Participants were patients in the Paediatric Dermatology Clinics of Dr. Hasan Sadikin...

Use of dehydrated human amnion chorion membrane allograft on infected ruptured arteriovenous fistula: revision and closure

The individual in this manuscript provided the primary author with written informed consent for images obtained and for publication of these case details. As this was a single case report on the use...

Pressure ulcer prevalence and prevention rates in Abu Dhabi: an update

The SKMC has used the International Pressure Ulcer Prevalence (IPUP) Survey for annual assessment of PU prevalence rates within the facility since 2006.12 The IPUP Survey (Hill-Rom BV, The...

Application of acellular human dermis and skin grafts for lower extremity reconstruction

This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Hanyang University. All of the data were analysed anonymously and according to the principles of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki, revised...

Changes of tissue images visualised by ultrasonography in the process of pressure ulcer occurrence

This study was a secondary analysis of data collected for the study which investigated risk factors for the development of intraoperatively acquired PUs in the park-bench position,13 a specific...