Topical oxygen therapy has a role in wound care specialists’ armamentarium
Thomas Serena, principal investigator of the recently completed Natrox clinical trial—a randomised controlled multicentre trial examining the effect of topical oxygen wound therapy on...
BIBA Briefings: Critical limb-threatening ischaemia interventions buck trend for emergency only procedures
A BIBA MedTech Insights survey (conducted May 2020) indicates a trend towards centres only performing emergency percutaneous peripheral procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. However,...
Pedal artery revascularisation: Is it ready for prime time?
Reviewing the available evidence for below-the-ankle interventions in the treatment of critical limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI), Srini Tummala proposes that pedal artery intervention “should be...
Assessing the impact of coronavirus on wound care patients and practice
With healthcare systems around the world facing the most severe global health crisis in a generation, wound care is one of many areas that...
Understanding what it means to be “Charcot foot health literate”
Described as a “Cinderella condition”, Charcot foot is little understood within the non-specialist medical community. In this article, Benjamin Bullen (Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff,...
How to improve the treatment of chronic wounds: A German National Consensus Statement
President of the German Wound Council, Martin Storck, considers how to improve the treatment of chronic wounds. While the road to better treatment “may...
Exploring concepts in surgical offloading from current IWGDF guidelines
First revealed at the International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot (22–25 June 2019, The Hague, The Netherlands), new guidelines from the International Working Group...
Global vascular guidelines for CLTI are gaining traction but work remains to raise awareness...
The application of new global vascular guidelines for chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) provides an opportune and worthwhile window to revisit the concept of critical...
Addressing the silent crisis of venous leg ulcers and its impact on patients
With the level of spending on wound care in the billions of pounds, both the financial and health-related impact of venous leg ulcers cannot...
Following the ilegx philosophy to prevent lower-limb amputations
In the UK, the lower limb amputation rate has not improved significantly since 2012, and is contributed to heavily by the high incidence of...
The need to work cooperatively across disciplines for higher quality wound care
With the rising importance of high-quality research in the field of wound care and healing, there is a need for key players from all...
TCT 2019: System for managing deep vein reflux wins Shark Tank award
Source: CRF
At the 2019 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting (25–29 September, San Francisco, USA), InterVene won the TCT-Shark Tank Innovation Competition for its novel endovenous system (BlueLeaf)...
A new dawn in diabetic foot care: evidence-based treatments for ulceration
Michael Edmonds, a pioneer in the treatment of the diabetic foot, has underlined the need for innovation and development in the wound care field....
The management pathway of surgical wounds healing by secondary intention
At the Charing Cross Symposium (London, UK), Ian Chetter (Hull, UK) presented on the pathway from assessment to treatment for patients with surgical wounds...
Wound care specialisation: where are we now?
The impact of chronic wounds—a global “healthcare problem”—is felt by patients and the medical community, yet there is limited education on the management of...
