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Belitung Nursing Journal, 2022 Background: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is considered an effective treatment in facilitating the healing of chronic wounds. However, its effect remains inconsistent, which allows for further investigation.
Asmat Burhan +2 more
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npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2021 Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) are a major cause of hospitalization and can lead to lower extremity amputation. In this pilot study, we used a multiomics approach to explore the host–microbe complex within DFIs.
Michael Radzieta +9 more
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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose of review: surgical site infection (SSI) is a common health care associated infection and complicates up to 10-20% of operations with considerable health care resources.
Leaper, David J. +2 more
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Using vacuum in the treatment of surgical wounds complications [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2011 Background/Aim. Using vacuum in medicine has been known from long ago, however, it has not been used for the treatment of wounds. The first experiments in this field were performed by Wagner Fleischmann, University of Ulm, Ulm, West Germany, in 1993 ...
Drašković Miroljub +4 more
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Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]
, 2012 Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common source of morbidity among operated patients. At Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), studies indicate that the rate of SSI has been increasing over the past thirty years.
Mbembati, NM +7 more
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Patient Participation in Acute Surgical Wound Care: A Descriptive Qualitative Study. [PDF]
J Adv NursAim To explore patients' experiences of participation in surgical wound care and provide an in-depth understanding of their experiences with post-operative wound care during and post-hospitalisation. Design A descriptive qualitative study.
Liosatos K, Tobiano G, Gillespie BM.
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Traumatic and surgical wounds [PDF]
BMJ, 2006 Management of traumatic and surgical wounds has had a chequered history. For example, in 1346 at the Battle of Crecy, France, foot soldiers were issued with cobwebs to staunch haemorrhage caused by trauma. Two centuries later, the eminent surgeon Ambroise Pare (1510-1590) rejected boiling oil as a primary dressing after amputation, preferring a mixture
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Education in Wound technology [PDF]
, 2013 This Editorial Article deals with the need for education in wound technologies.During the past twenty years, systematic research on wound healing helped healthcare providers to understand the perspectives of this field.
Vasilopoulos,Georgios
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Wound healing and hyper-hydration - a counter intuitive model [PDF]
, 2016 Winters seminal work in the 1960s relating to providing an optimal level of moisture to aid wound healing (granulation and re-epithelialisation) has been the single most effective advance in wound care over many decades.
Cutting, K. F. +4 more
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