Ken Sikora lay in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, dozing on and off while breathing 100 percent oxygen. With each breath, the oxygen traveled through Ken’s tissues, delivering healing properties to the deep wound in his big toe.
Read MoreMammals form scars to quickly seal wounds and ensure survival by an incompletely understood mechanism. Here we show that skin scars originate from prefabricated matrix in the subcutaneous fascia. Fate mapping and live imaging revealed that fascia fibroblasts rise to the skin surface after wounding, dragging their surrounding extracellular jelly-like matrix, including embedded blood vessels, macrophages and peripheral nerves, to form the provisional matrix.
Read MoreNew mothers are donating their placentas to help patients with diabetic ulcers, severe burns and chronic wounds. Organ donor network Lifeline of Ohio has been working with a small number of Ohio hospitals, including Lima Memorial Health System and Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, to educate soon-to-be mothers about how their donated birth tissues can be used in wound care.
Read MoreA bioresorbable scaffold was shown to be safe and effective for treatment of below-the-knee lesions in two studies presented at VIVA 19. In the 5-year results of the ABSORB BTK trial of the bioresorbable scaffold (Absorb, Abbott), more than 90% of patients did not require revascularization, whereas in the 1-year results of the DISAPEAR registry, there were high rates of patency, wound healing and limb salvage.
Read MoreBaptist Health Wound Care is helping raise awareness of diabetes and diabetic foot ulcers by providing tips for National Diabetes Awareness Month in November to help at-risk patients living with diabetes detect wounds earlier, receive better treatment options and avoid complications such as infections, amputations and decreased quality of life.
Read MoreFor nurses today, one of the biggest challenges to prepare for is caring for an increasing number of patients with chronic wounds, which can include diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers and venous leg ulcers. In fact, an estimated 67 million people around the world are suffering with chronic wounds, making access to a wound care specialist of utmost importance to these patients.
Read MoreVIDEO: Watch Bri the Wound Care Guy from Texoma Medical Center’s Wound Care Center® discuss diabetes and wound care.
Read MoreSuppose you took a pretty serious tumble while you were out riding your Harley and you scraped the skin off your arm. Your wound might require antibiotics and a series of painful dressing changes. Fast-forward a bit down the road. There’s a new technology that could help eliminate some of your discomfort. It’s a device that allows you to “spray-paint” a bandage loaded with antibiotics or other medications directly onto your wound.
Read MoreAn estimated 30.3 million Americans (9.4 percent of the population) have diabetes, including 7.2 million who are unaware they are living with the disease. The percentage of adults with diabetes increases with age, reaching a high of 25.2 percent among those ages 65 or older. In addition to age, risk factors for diabetes also include diet, activity level, obesity and heredity.
Read MoreLaser Doppler velocimetry estimates tissue perfusion providing a record of microvascular blood flow. Patients with heart disease or diabetes mellitus have impaired microvascular perfusion leading to impaired wound healing. Aged garlic extract (AGE) has a positive effect on vascular elasticity. This study aimed to assess the effect of long‐term treatment with AGE on cutaneous tissue perfusion.
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