Most Americans consider limb amputation to be the result of a traumatic and non-avoidable event. But for the 18 million citizens who develop Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), the possibility of a preventable limb amputation is a stark reality.
Read MorePhysicians should consider racial and ethnic disparities in care for patients with peripheral artery disease and not overlook opportunities to address these problems, according to a speaker at AMP: The Amputation Prevention Symposium.
Read MoreMembers of the newly formed PAD Task Force – including the Association of black Cardiologists, CardioVascular Coalition, Preventative Cardiovascular Nurse Association and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions – today commended Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-#) and Congressman Donald Payne (NJ-10) for sponsoring a Capitol Hill briefing yesterday to raise awareness about the risks of peripheral artery disease (PAD) and the need for policies to reduce preventable amputations.
Read MoreNew advancements in medical technology are taking place every day. And a vascular surgeon at Mercy is among the first doctors in the country to perform a new procedure to treat artery blockage in the leg that vastly cuts down on recovery time and the possibility of complications.
Read MoreScientists have discovered a new way of treating skin wounds in mice by tricking the cells in the wound into becoming healing surface skin cells. The findings raise the prospect of being able to develop simple, non-surgical treatments for human wounds in the future.
Read MoreChinese scientists have developed a new kind of adhesive antibacterial hydrogel that can be used in wound healing treatment. The researchers with Xi’an Jiaotong University in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, made this development known in their research, which was published in the journal ‘Biomaterials’.
Read MoreAntibiotic resistance is one of the factors which causes delay in wound healing and a corresponding spike in medical and healthcare expenses. The primary reason for the emergence of resistance is the inappropriate use of antimicrobials.
Read MoreThere are many definitions of hard-to-heal. More conventionally, it’s based on underlying etiology of the wound, but in practice it’s any wound that has not healed within a timely fashion. This is often due to a lack of coordinated care.
Read MoreThe opening of an outpatient wound centre has been associated with a significant increase in peripheral vascular practice and a significant decrease in amputation rate. Venita Chandra and colleagues Alyssa M Flores, Matthew W Mell and Ronald L Dalman (Stanford University, Stanford, USA) believe that such centres result in synergistic systems that promote more aggressive and effective limb salvage strategies.
Read MorePolarityTE, Inc. today announced that it will present an abstract entitled, “Regeneration of Full Thickness Hair-Bearing Skin in Chronic Refractory Wounds with an Autologous Homologous Skin Construct: Preclinical and Clinical Experience,” at the 17th Annual National Clinical Conference of the American Professional Wound Care Association Conference, which will be held on September 6-8, 2018 in Baltimore, MD.
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