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 ...

Derek F. Amanatullah, MD, PhD, reflects on a patient's post-knee replacement surgery experience, prompting a reevaluation of wound closure approaches and a reconsideration of deep arthrotomy closure ...

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 ...

Deposition of laminin into wound bed contributes to blood vessel growth, which in turn, feeds normal skin regeneration. W - wound, BV - blood vessels. Because the burden of non-healing wounds is so ...

As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called "a-Heal," designed by engineers at the University ...

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 ...

Chronic wounds that refuse to close are one of modern medicine’s most stubborn and expensive problems, leaving patients at risk of infection, amputation, and long hospital stays. Researchers are now ...

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 ...

Two prospective cohorts (n = 39) enrolled chronic infected diabetic ulcers nonresponsive to ≥ 3 months of standard care, with frequent assessments (~3 visits/week) and outcomes spanning closure, ...