Enhancement of wound healing was limited to good surgical technique, maintenance of a clean wound with appropriate dressings, and debridement. The ability to heal wounds has been advanced through the recognition that healing in a moist environment is improved over that of a desiccated wound. Pharmacologic approaches to wound healing did not exist until the last few decades, when it was recogniz...

Self-healing cementitious composites provide an alternative to labour-intensive and costly manual repairs. While a blend possesses inherent ability repair its own damage through autogenous healing, enhancement of the self-healing capacity can be obtained inclusion superabsorbent polymers (SAPs). The implementation such innovative materials within construction industry requires proper evaluation...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of two stimulation waveforms on healing rates in patients with diabetes and open ulcers. The hypothesis was that stimulus waveforms with minimal polar characteristics would provide significant healing for this patient sample. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This was a prospective study that enrolled 80 patients with open ulcers. Patients received stimulation with...

Transmural healing is associated with substantial improvements in disease-related outcomes for patients Crohn's disease, but there no single validated definition of transmural to date. We did a systematic review summarise the available definitions and evaluate effect on disease by searching PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web Science interventional non-interventional studies. Seventeen studies were i...

OBJECTIVES Direct current, capacitive coupling, and inductive coupling are modes of electrical stimulation (ES) used to enhance bone healing. It is important to assess the effectiveness of ES for bone healing to ensure optimization for clinical practice. This review aims to examine the level of evidence (LOE) for the application of ES to enhance bone healing and investigate the proposed mechani...