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Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 Introduction and objective: Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases in the world. Diabetic foot ulcers, which are often the result of the disease, are undoubtedly a nursing challenge.
Julia Bogucka +3 more
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 Enterocutaneous fistula (ECF) is a serious complication with problems of nutritional maintenance, infection control and wound management. A preterm baby (birth weight 690g) developed ECF after surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis.
Chin-Yen Wu +4 more
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Negative pressure wound therapy for open traumatic wounds [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 Traumatic wounds (wounds caused by injury) range from abrasions and minor skin incisions or tears, to wounds with extensive tissue damage or loss as well as damage to bone and internal organs. Two key types of traumatic wounds considered in this review are those that damage soft tissue only and those that involve a broken bone, that is, open fractures.
Iheozor-Ejiofor, Z +5 more
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy [PDF]
, 2020 Non-healing wounds are defined as wounds that do not improve after four weeks of treatment or do not heal in eight weeks. They are characterized by loss of substance involving the deep tissue layers, with a tendency to become chronic and relapse. For these reasons chronic wounds involve a difficult, long and expensive treatment, causing a negative ...
Giulia Davini, Marco Romanelli
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Use of vacuumassisted closure in the topical treatment of surgical site infections
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020 Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the results of vacuum-assisted closure in the topical treatment of surgical site infections.\r\nMethods: Vacuum therapy was performed in 17 patients (10 males, 7 females; mean age 60±20 years) using the VAC
Aylan Kilic +4 more
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Combined effect of negative pressure wound therapy and cryo-air therapy on diabetic wound healing
SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: Diabetic wounds and ulcers are serious complications in diabetic patients that need a long time and high-cost treatment. There are different physical therapy modalities used in wound care; as Laser therapy, magnetic therapy, negative pressure
Mahmoud Elshazly, Zeinab M. Askary
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The Anatolian Journal of Family Medicine, 2019 INTRODUCTION[|]Current preventive measures for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI) are still not sufficient. We aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on closed incisions in reducing SSI by ...
Gaye Çelikcan +2 more
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Deconstructing negative pressure wound therapy
International Wound Journal, 2016 AbstractSince its introduction 20 years ago for the treatment of chronic wounds, negative pressure wound therapy use has expanded to a variety of other wound types. Various mechanisms of action for its efficacy in wound healing have been postulated, but no unifying theory exists.
Lalezari, Shadi +6 more
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Negative pressure wound therapy: Where are we in 2022?
OTA International, 2023 Summary:. The use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) continues to be an important tool for surgeons. As the use and general acceptance of NPWT have grown, so have the indications for its use.
Michael A. Quacinella, DO, MPH +3 more
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Roles of negative pressure wound therapy for scar revision
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 The purpose of this study is to review the research progress of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for scar revision and discuss the prospects of its further study and application.
Xiaotong Qiu +4 more
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