introduction: traumatic ulcers are one of the most common causes of referral to emergency wards and interfere with wound healing. even in a complete sterile condition, all of the ulcers may be contaminated with bacteria, but a few of them progress and cause clinical manifestations. there is a controversy on the use prophylactic antibiotics in traumatic ulcers. in this study we compare the effic...

burns are a worldwide problem. the incidence of severe burns has been higher than the combined incidence of tuberculosis and hiv infections. throughout history there have been many different treatments prescribed for burns. the canon is the masterpiece of avicenna’s medical books. the canon includes a description of 785 simple drugs. avicenna believed in burn treatment, which follows two goals....

background trauma, in addition to mortality and disability experienced by an individual, imposes direct and indirect economic and social costs on a community. traditionally, trauma is a disease of young and middle age adults, an age group which is known to be the most dynamic and economically productive of the community. increasing our knowledge concerning the etiology and patterns of trauma se...

 ABSTRACT Background: The incidence of early wound related complications is assessed in laparoscopic versus open abdominal surgeries. Complications of surgical wounds (esp. wound infections) are considered as a major problem in surgery wards. Complications of surgical wounds are classified as early and late. Common and early complications are hematoma, seroma and wound infection. Methods: The m...

a chronic wound is a wound that does not heal in an orderly set of stages and in a predictable amount of time or wounds that do not heal within three months are often considered chronic. chronic wounds often remain in the inflammatory stage for too long and may never heal or may take years. chronic wound patients often report pain as dominant in their lives. persistent pain is the main problem ...

background: wound infections are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. etiologic agents of wound infections vary with geographical locations. this study was conducted to assess the prevalence of wound infections, the effect of age and gender on the prevalence as well as the etiologic agents and their susceptibility to antibacterial agents. methods: wound swabs collected from 2061 p...

introduction: postoperative wound infection is a complication that occurs after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. the aim of this study was to examine the incidence of wound infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery among the patients operated in ghaem hospital in the city of mashhad from 2009-2011. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed in the years 2009 to 2011 on 3...

Despite the prevalence of different kinds of wounds among people around the world, challenges ahead for managing wound healing continues. One of the most important issues for wound healing is infection that can delay healing process. Also, drug-resistant infections are growing as a worrying challenge in medicine. A lot of studies done over different methods to improve wound healing process, whi...