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Latest (1) Full Text Articles (14)381 Wound Care Education Institute and The Center for Wound Healing Inc Agree to Provided Education to Personnel Wounds, November 2, 2010
382 Applying Amphibian Limb Regeneration to Human Wound Healing: A Review Annals of Plastic Surgery, October 29, 2010
383 Application of regulated oxygen-enriched negative pressure-assisted wound therapy in combating anaerobic infections- Oxygen-enriched negative pressure treatment European Journal of Plastic Surgery, October 29, 2010
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Acceleration of wound healing by growth hormone-releasing hormone and its agonists Full Text
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385 Management of Split-Thickness Donor Sites With Synthetic Wound Dressings: Results of a Comparative Clinical Study Annals of Plastic Surgery, October 28, 2010
386 Loss of Protein, Immunoglobulins, and Electrolytes in Exudates From Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Nutrition in Clinical Practice, October 27, 2010
387 The influence of low and high pressure levels during negative pressure wound therapy on wound contraction and fluid evacuation Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, October 26, 2010
388 Sepaderm for the Management of Acute and Chronic Wounds Wounds, October 21, 2010 Clinical Article
389 The Effect of Nonweight-bearing Exercise and Protocol Adherence on Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing: A Pilot Study Ostomy Wound Management, October 21, 2010
390 Non-invasive assessment of healing of bacteria infected and uninfected wounds using optical coherence tomography Skin Research and Technology, October 21, 2010
391 Fulminant necrotizing fasciitis following the use of herbal concoction: a case report Full Text Journal of Medical Case Reports, October 21, 2010
392 Wound Healing: Experience With rHuGM-CSF Wounds, October 20, 2010
393 The Clinical Benefits of Active Leptospermum Honey in Oncologic Wounds Ostomy Wound Management, October 19, 2010
394 The advantages of cyanoacrylate wound closure in circumcision Pediatric Surgery International, October 18, 2010
395 Wounds with Exposed Bone Ostomy Wound Management, October 18, 2010
396 Temporary Sternotomy Wound Closure With Blood Bag Heart, Lung, and Circulation, October 18, 2010
397 Wound Infection After Excision and Primary Midline Closure for Pilonidal Disease: Risk Factor Analysis to Improve Patient Selection World Journal of Surgery, October 15, 2010
398 A prospective, randomised, double-blinded trial to study the efficacy of topical tocotrienol in the prevention of hypertrophic scars Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, October 14, 2010 Clinical Article
399 The majority of US combat casualty soft-tissue wounds are not infected or colonized upon arrival or during treatment at a continental US military medical facility The American Journal of Surgery, October 13, 2010
400 No-STING SKIN-PREP Spray for Periwounds Launched by Smith & Nephew Ostomy Wound Management, October 12, 2010
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Epidural anesthesia reduces post-CABG pain
As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.
Read the article summaryNT-proBNP predicts outcome following emergent surgery
As published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.
Read the article summaryIncreased risk of skin cancer in RCC treated with multikinase inhibitors
As published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Managing Venous Stasis Disease and Ulcers Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, April 11, 2013 Review Article
2 Incision and Drainage Versus Incision and Drainage with Primary Closure and Use of Closed Suction Drain in Acute Abscesses Wounds, March 22, 2013
3 The Role of Whirlpool in Wound Care The Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, April 5, 2013 Review Article
4 Management of Skin Grafts Using Negative Pressure Therapy: The Effect of Varied Pressure on Skin Graft Incorporation Wounds, April 19, 2013
5 Wound drainage after plastic and reconstructive surgery of the breast Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013
6 Prognostic factors predicting ischemic wound healing following hyperbaric oxygenation therapy Wound Repair and Regeneration, April 26, 2013
7 Preoperative skin antiseptics for preventing surgical wound infections after clean surgery Cochrane Reviews, April 3, 2013 Review Article
8 Progress in Practice: The Role of New Foam Dressing Technology in Protection from Skin Breakdown Ostomy Wound Management, April 16, 2013 Free full text Review Article
9 Effect of gentamicin lavage of the axillary surgical bed after lymph node dissection on drainage discharge volume The Breast, April 23, 2013
10 Honey as a topical treatment for wounds Cochrane Reviews, March 19, 2013
11 Historical foundations of wound healing and its potential for acceleration: dose-response considerations Wound Repair and Regeneration, February 27, 2013 Review Article
12 Wound cleansing for pressure ulcers Cochrane Reviews, April 15, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
13 Wound Cleaning and Wound Healing: A Concise Review Advances in Skin and Wound Care, April 5, 2013
14 Medical honey in professional wound care Expert Review of Dermatology, February 11, 2013
15 Chronic venous leg ulcers are associated with high levels of metalloproteinases-9 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin Wound Repair and Regeneration, April 8, 2013
16 Post-facelift flap necrosis treatment with charged polystyrene microspheres Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery, April 10, 2013
17 Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Is Associated with Improved Cosmesis Scoring at the Cost of Significantly Higher Hernia Rates: 1-Year Results of a Prospective Randomized, Multicenter, Single-Blinded Trial of Traditional Multiport Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy vs Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Journal of the American College of Surgeons, April 25, 2013
18 A Retrospective, Nonrandomized, Before-and-After Study of the Effect of Linens Constructed of Synthetic Silk-like Fabric on Pressure Ulcer Incidence Ostomy Wound Management, April 17, 2013 Free full text
19 Wound biofilms: Lessons learned from oral biofilms Wound Repair and Regeneration, April 10, 2013 Review Article
20 Vacuum-assisted closure for complicated wounds in head and neck region after reconstruction Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, April 22, 2013
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