HYPOTHESIS An independent, multidisciplinary wound healing center in an accepted national expert function of wound healing is the optimal way to improve prophylaxis and treatment of patients with problem wounds. DESIGN A clinical perspective analysis. SETTING An independent, multidisciplinary wound healing center focusing on all types of problem wounds, organized as a university hospital de...

Background — The presence of chronic hard-to-heal wounds significantly affects patients’ quality of life causing pain, discomfort, decrease of mobility and consequently leads to social isolation and depression. This type of wound is more prevalent among older population. It has been estimated that up to 1-2% of the world population have this condition. The treatment of hard-to-heal wounds is ex...

of ‘Wound Pain Management’ Satellite Symposium at EWMA 2003; Saturday 24 May Rice ASC (1994) Pain, inflammation and wound healing. J Wound Care 3(5): 246–8Key Points 8 Wound pain causes aphysiological response thatcan have a negative effect onhealing. 8 Pain is a common complicationof wounds but is a largelyneglected area of wound care. 8 Three studies have shownActi...

Most of the literature focuses on the resources required to manage particular wound types, rather than the cost of wounds to health-care organisations. Until this information is available, wound care is unlikely to be a management priority.

SF16-1.[10] Krumhansi BR: Ice lollies for Icemassage, Physther., 49, 1969,1098.[11] Bryant JL et al., Reliability ofwound measuring techniques in anoutpatient wound centre, Ostomyand Wound Management, 47 ( 4), 2001, 44-51.[12] Langemo D et al., Measuringwound length, width and area:Which technique? Advances inSkin and Wound Care, 21, (1), 2008, 42-45....

For most of the last century, chronic wound care was a practice of passive techniques, designed to prevent the progression of the wound. In the last decade, however, advanced techniques have focused on improving the wound at the molecular level to accelerate wound healing. Successful modalities include tissue-engineered products, hyperbaric oxygen, negative pressure therapy, electrical stimulat...

The goals of emergency wound treatment are to restore function, repair tissue integrity with strength and optimal cosmetic appearance, and minimize risk of infection. Risk of infection depends on the location, mechanism, host, and care. The risk for a clean facial wound produced by incision is less than 1%, whereas a dirty crush injury to the lower extremity may have more than a 20% risk. Wound...

BACKGROUND Skin abscesses are a frequent encountered health care problem and lead to a significant source of morbidity. They consequently have an essential impact on the quality of life and work. To date, the type of aftercare for surgically drained abscesses remains under debate. This leads to undesirable practice variations. Many clinical standard protocols include sterile wound dressings twi...

242 WOUNDS www.woundsresearch.com Abstract: An important part of the wound healing process is the removal of necrotic tissue from a wound to promote healing. Enzymatic debridement is one of the widely used methods to accomplish this goal. Clostridium collagenase (C. collagenase) containing ointment is frequently used in clinics to debride wounds. In this work, the influence of metal salts and v...