Utilizing Precision Medicine to Estimate Timing for Surgical Closure of Traumatic Extremity Wounds.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Annals of Surgery"
DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003470
Abstract: BACKGROUND Both the frequency and high complication rates associated with extremity wounds in recent military conflicts have highlighted the need for clinical decision support tools (CDST) to decrease time to wound closure and wound failure… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; successful closure; extremity wounds; estimate ... See more keywords
2021 Guideline for Management of Patients With Lower-Extremity Wounds Due to Diabetes Mellitus and/or Neuropathic Disease
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing"
DOI: 10.1097/won.0000000000000860
Abstract: This article provides an executive summary of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society's (WOCN) “2021 Guideline for Management of Patients With Lower-Extremity wounds Due to Diabetes Mellitus and/or Neuropathic Disease.” This executive summary presents… read more here.
Keywords: mellitus neuropathic; lower extremity; due diabetes; extremity wounds ... See more keywords
Informal Family Caregiving of Patients with Diabetic Extremity Wounds: An Integrative Review
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Western Journal of Nursing Research"
DOI: 10.1177/01939459221115694
Abstract: Annually, 26 million people worldwide develop diabetic extremity wounds, adversely impacting the lives of patients and their family caregivers, who provide vital health assistance to these patients. This integrative review synthesized scientific literature of informal… read more here.
Keywords: health; family; integrative review; extremity wounds ... See more keywords
Negative pressure wound therapy on complex extremity wounds requiring coverage with a meshed bilayer wound matrix: a retrospective analysis.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of wound care"
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2022.31.sup9.s8
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The treatment of complex extremity wounds is technically challenging. In this 5-year retrospective review, we compared the use of Integra Meshed Bilayer Wound Matrix (IMBWM; Integra LifeSciences, US) followed by a split-thickness skin graft… read more here.
Keywords: wound; imbwm; group; extremity wounds ... See more keywords
Treatment of complex extremity wounds with MatriDerm: first clinical experience in the US.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "Journal of wound care"
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.2023.32.3.167
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Coverage of upper and lower extremity wounds with exposed vital structures such as tendon and bone is reliant on pedicled and free flaps. However, a population of patients with medical comorbidities or other social… read more here.
Keywords: treatment complex; extremity wounds; clinical experience; extremity ... See more keywords