A long-term condition that affects one of the legs or arms. In a few cases, both legs and arms may be affected.
Author: Sergiadmin
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Hyaluronic Acid and Re-epithelialization
Hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan, HA) is a large glycosaminoglycan and an essential extracellular component of skin It is active throughout the entire process of wound healing being involved in proliferation, migration, and tissue remodelling. Erika Nyman published on 2019 this interesting study in which he investigated the influence of exogenous HA on re-epithelialization, erythema, and protein expression. Nyman and Coll concluded that exogenous intradermal HA accelerates re-epithelialization and alters protein expression in human in vivo deep dermal skin wounds.
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PRP Application prior to Resurfacing with Split Thickness Skin Graft Vs Conventional Mechanical Fixation Using Sutures and Staples
A split-thickness skin graft is generally done for soft skin coverage. The healing process is undertaken through three stages anchorage, inosculation and maturation. Subha Dhua and colleagues conducted this Randomized control study on 40 patients for 24 months from October 2015 to September 2017. The application of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to the split-thickness skin graft sites is considered and theorized to provide immediate skin graft anchorage.
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Surgical treatment of venous insufficiency
Venous insufficiency is a condition that occurs when valves within the leg veins are damaged allowing blood to leak backwards and pool in these veins.
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Superficial Burn Wound Healing with Intermittent Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Thermal burn initiates systemic inflammatory reactions producing burn toxins, oxygen radicals and finally leads to peroxidation. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a non-invasive adjuvant therapy to treat burn wounds.
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Staphylococcus aureus Infections Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations and Management
Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical infections. Steven Y.and coll conducted this study to summarize recent developments in the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management of these key S. aureus clinical infection syndromes.
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Biobrane dressing for pediatric burns in Singapore. A retrospective review
Cong Fan and colleagues conducted a retrospective review about pediatric burns patients admitted to the pediatric burns unit from January 2014 to April 2015 at Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. This study aimed to compare the results of Biobrane dressing with conventional silver foam dressing. In the Biobrane group, the length of hospital stay was significantly shorter and the infection rate was significantly lower
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The benefit of debridement
The scope is to remove the damaged and dead tissue to remove the death tissue and bacteria from the wound, minimising infection risk and encouraging healthy granulation tissue.
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Chronic Wound. What you have to know
A chronic wound is an injury that doesn’t heal in six weeks. Factors that contribute to chronic wounds include increased bacterial load, inappropriate treatment, trauma, lower extremity wounds, senescent/aberrant cells and so on
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Edema of the skin. Cause and treatment
Edema is swelling that occurs in different areas of the body when too much fluid gets trapped in the tissues. It often takes place in the epidermis, particularly on the legs, feet, ankles, arms, and hands.
