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Wound dressing

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...

Nurses' knowledge and practice in preventing pressure injuries in intensive care units

The population of the study consisted of 111 nurses working in level 3 ICU, of which 91 (82%) completed the study. The nurses' characteristics were...

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...

Expression of nucleolin, nucleophosmin, upstream binding transcription factor genes and propolis in wound models

Results are provided in the following tables:.

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...

Modified application of vacuum-assisted closure in thoracic surgery patients

A retrospective chart review for all patients who were admitted under thoracic surgery in a university hospital in Saudi Arabia between July 2014 and...

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...

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...

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...

Use of a biosynthetic wound dressing to treat burns: a systematic review

In this systematic literature review, ‘Suprathel’, ‘effectiveness’, ‘safety’, and ‘cost’ were selected as keywords. Possible synonyms and alternative...

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...