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Wound

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...

Wound healing in second-degree burns in rats treated with silver sulfadiazine: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fig 1 shows the number of articles published each decade in PubMed for the keyword ‘wound’ from 1945–2021. Fig 2 shows the total number of trials...

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...

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...

Tight glycaemic control and surgical site infections post cardiac surgery: a systematic review

We thoroughly reviewed studies that investigated the different glycaemic control conditions using CII with the incidence of SSIs in patients with...

Incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers in hospitals: 10-year cohort study

In this study, the incidence and prevalence of PU in acute hospitals showed a gradual decreasing trend from 2006–2015; however, after the sixth...

Concurrent validity of biofilm detection by wound blotting on hard-to-heal wounds

This study showed concurrent validity with reference to native PAGE analysis for identifying and quantifying biofilm components through in vitro, in...

Different therapeutic effects between diabetic and non-diabetic adipose stem cells in diabetic wound healing

The results presented here show that ASC-rich cells can promote wound healing in diabetic and normal rats. In the adipose tissue of diabetic rats, the...

Management of incontinence-associated dermatitis with topical antibiotics and antifungal medication

Patients with grade 2 IAD treated with a combination of topical antibiotic (Biomycin, CBC Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical, Taiwan) and topical...

Autologous fat grafting combined with negative pressure wound therapy in severe diabetic foot ulcer: a case study

A 65-year-old female patient, with a history of diabetes and renal failure, was admitted to our department with a right DFU and fever. Several months...

Benefits of sucrose octasulfate (TLC-NOSF) dressings in the treatment of chronic wounds: a systematic review

A search of three databases was conducted: PubMed, Google Scholar and Cochrane Library between June and August 2020. No search limitations were...

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...

Pressure ulcer prevention dressing design and biomechanical efficacy

From a medical statistics perspective, effective PUP is known to be substantially more difficult to demonstrate in clinical trials with respect to the...

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,...