Sometime more than 5,000 years ago, man came up with the idea of suturing a wound with a needle and thread. Since then, this surgical principle has not changed much: Depending on the fingertip feeling ...

In patients with diabetic foot ulcers that looked healed and met the current definition of a closed wound, closed ulcers with functionally defective skin that lost more body water were likely to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multiple debridements and the use of flaps are associated with longer closure times on complex infectious wounds ...

WATERBURY — Waterbury Hospital physicians have been using a new treatment for deep, chronic wounds in patients — their own skin. The new procedure, called autologous cell therapy, uses a small amount ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with high transepidermal water loss at the closure of a diabetic foot ulcer wound had greater odds for ...

A new diagnostic tool better predicts the recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers, even those that appear fully healed. It measures skin barrier function through a process known as trans-epidermal water ...

Patients with hospital-acquired Stage IV bedsores require acute hospitalization and early surgical debridement, clinitron beds, medical optimization, wound preparation, and reconstructive surgery.” — ...

In patients with diabetic foot ulcers that looked healed and met the current definition of a closed wound, closed ulcers with functionally defective skin that lost more body water were likely to ...