The CLI Global Society announces the Journal of Critical Limb Ischemia
The CLI Global Society is launching the first peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on interventional techniques pertaining to critical limb ischemia (CLI). The new journal,...
Use of wearable activity monitors could benefit intermittent claudication patients, study suggests
There is some evidence to indicate that the inclusion of wearable activity monitors in home-based exercise therapy improves walking ability and quality of life...
LINC 2021: New data show potential of Limflow system to improve outcomes for no-option...
In a late-breaking trial session at LINC 2021 (The Leipzig Interventional Course, 25–29 January, online), key updates on below-the-knee (BTK) interventions were in the spotlight. Speaking during his...
Antioxidant cocktail loaded into hydrogel “a promising treatment” for healing burn wounds
José L Soriano (University of Granada, Granada, Spain) and colleagues propose a strategy for the wound healing of burns in Pharmaceutics that combines the...
Oral nutritional supplements effective therapeutic option for hard-to-heal wounds, study finds
Specialised oral nutritional supplement can be a therapeutic option for hard-to-heal wounds, conclude Adriano A Mehl (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil) and...
SVS Foundation’s new initiative to address disparities in vascular health
Significant disparities in healthcare services in the USA result in unnecessary limb loss, stroke, and death. Vascular health professionals are developing new programmes to...
FDA grants breakthrough device designation to PEDRA Xauron real-time tissue perfusion system
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Pedra Technology a breakthrough device designation for the periprocedural use of the company’s Pedra Xauron...
First ESVS guidelines on venous thrombosis published
The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has produced a clinical practice guidelines document on the management of venous thrombosis—the first guidelines the society...
Risk of severe COVID-19 greater in more socially vulnerable communities in Mexico, study finds:...
Social vulnerability contributes considerably to the probability of hospitalisation among individuals with COVID-19 and diabetes with associated comorbidities. This is the conclusion of a...
Investigators find no evidence of effective healing from a medicinal plant used in Brazil
A systematic review published in Wound Management and Prevention did not find evidence of the in vivo effectiveness of Plantago major—a medicinal plant that...
Expert EWMA group highlight need for investment in maternity services research
“Investment in maternity services research is essential for our understanding of the extent of wound-related complications for the postpartum mother and improved clinical pathways...
The American Diabetes Association updates the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes for 2021
Diabetes Care has published a summary of revisions made to the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2021.
“The field of diabetes care is rapidly...
AI-powered remote wound assessment device as effective as bedside examination, study finds
Remote wound assessment undertaken by physicians is as effective through an artificial intelligence (AI) medical device as bedside examination, a new study published in...
Remote ischaemic conditioning works “from the inside out” to heal perfusion-ischaemic wounds
Remote ischaemic conditioning is a “really innovative technology” that can be used as an adjunctive therapy to significantly reduce tissue damage from an interrupted...
First case of continuous topical oxygen therapy healing a calciphylaxis wound presented at SAWC
Windy Cole (director of Wound Care Research, Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine, Cleveland, USA) presented the first case—to her knowledge—to document healing...
