Chronic wounds affect millions of people worldwide. These are cuts, burns, scrapes, or surgical wounds that don’t heal within ...

Daily inspection of the wound is crucial. Checking blood for ESR and CRP may assist with monitoring the progression of infection, though they will be elevated post operatively.

Dirty wounds: These wounds have a known infection during surgery. Surgical site infections can occur during your hospital stay, even after you've left the operating room.

HEALTH New surgical technology can ‘light up’ bacteria in wounds, helping to prevent infections A handheld fluorescent lighting device found hidden bacteria in 9 out of 10 wounds, study says ...

The result has been near disappearance of surgical-wound infection as a problem in this hospital. Most surgeons 6,7 will agree that 7 infections in 1740 wounds (0.4 per cent) ...

Next‑Gen Amnio-Chorionic Membrane for Enhanced Wound Care is Latest Offering in a Slew of New Products Focused on Increasing ...

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons clinical practice guidelines for preventing surgical site infection. Dis Colon Rectum. Published online July 31, 2024. doi:10.1097/DCR ...

A new report from Future Market Insights exposes the scale of this overlooked opportunity. The global wound healing nutrition market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 6.3%, reaching USD 3.95 billion by ...

If there’s one thing I’ve learned through discussing wound care with my patients over the years, it’s that some of the ...

The risk for surgical site infection following hip arthroplasty was associated with male sex, BMI, operation time, diabetes, heart disease, and ASA class.

At the Wound Center of Tucson, we see patients from all over Southern Arizona, including many with complex conditions like ...

Surgeons have performed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the U.S., using advanced robotic tools to avoid opening ...