Hard-to-heal wounds: TIMERS for action

Hard-to-heal wounds: results of an international survey

Aims: A multinational e-survey was conducted to establish the understanding and clinical practices of treating ‘hard-to-heal’ ulcers. Methods: 1249 fully completed responses were included in the analysis. The majority of respondents were nurses (n=1037; 83%), most of whom had experience in chronic wound management (over 72% had over five years’ experience). Most (n=986; 79%) regularly treated h...

New method for treating hard-to-heal wounds: clinical experience with charged polystyrene microspheres

Jacky Govrin is Plastic Surgeon, Head Bait Harofeem Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; Kogan Leonid is Head of Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel; Elchanan Luger is Orthopaedic Surgeon, Director of Foot and Ankle Service, Department of Orthopedics, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Jeremy Tamir is FAPWCA, Sheba Medical Cent...

Amelogenin: extracellular matrix protein for the treatment of hard-to-heal wounds

Marco Romanelli is Consultant Dermatologist, Department of Dermatology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Amelogenin is an extracellular matrix protein with biological activity in the regeneration of the periodontium and repair of the skin. Recent published studies have highlighted the use of Xelma® (Mölnlycke Health Care AB, Göteborg, Sweden) in the treatment of hard-to-heal wounds, such as veno...

Wound complexity and healing Psychosocial factors and delayed healing Economic burden of hard-to-heal wounds

Influence of microbiome species in hard-to-heal wounds on disease severity and treatment duration.

BACKGROUND Infections, mostly those associated with colonization of wound by different pathogenic microorganisms, are one of the most serious health complications during a medical treatment. Therefore, this study is focused on the isolation, characterization, and identification of microorganisms prevalent in superficial wounds of patients (n=50) presenting with bacterial infection. METHODS Af...