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phenytoin (pht), a drug in clinical use for over fifty years as an anticonvulsant, has heen reported to promote the healing of skin and soft tissue wounds, ulcers and second degree burns. we treated 19 patients with war-related missile wounds and 6 with chronic, non-healing (previously treated at least for.') months with antibiotics and betadine or acetic acid dressing) civilian ulcers wit...

More than 50% of all cancer patients receive some form of radiotherapy for tumor control preoperatively, postoperatively, or as sole treatment. Radiation-induced wounds are a concern for patients and practitioners. Current research investigating alternative treatment strategies offers the hope of improved wound healing and enhanced quality of life for patients with these wounds. This paper revi...

Aim: To analyse the microbial profile of canine persistent wound infections. Materials and Methods: The total wound samples (n=172) taken from both traumatic (140) and post-surgical (32) persistent wounds in canines were processed for routine microbial isolation and identification during a period of 15 months. Results: Staphylococcus intermedius was found to be the predominant isolate from all ...

Complex open pilonidal wounds represent a challenging wound healing problem. Nine cases of complex open pilonidal wounds are described. Each of them was treated at the time of primary wide excision with placement of xenograft extracellular matrix material derived from urinary bladder (MatriStem, ACell Corporation). The patients left the xenograft material and dressings intact and returned to ou...

Wai-Ping Linda Fan is a Foundation Year 2 student, Department of Accident and Emergency, Royal Preston Hospital; Mamun Rashid is Core Surgical Trainee, Department of ENT Surgery, Tameside General Hospital, Manchester; Stuart Enoch is Speciality Registrar, Burns and Plastic Surgery, University Hospitals of South and Central Manchester Under normal circumstances, wounds are expected to heal withi...