The development of new therapies for treatment of chronic wounds has not matched the
availability of treatment modalities forecast by the pharmaceutical industry. This is …

The term chronic wounds is not easily defined. The Wound Healing Society published a
definition of the term several years ago, but a recently convened Food and Drug …

Most chronic wounds can be classified into three major types: pressure ulcers, venous
ulcers, and diabetic ulcers. The authors propose a unifying hypothesis of chronic wound …

Significance: Chronic wounds include, but are not limited, to diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg
ulcers, and pressure ulcers. They are a challenge to wound care professionals and …

Wounds are an excellent example of how the field of dermatology represents a cross-section
of many medical disciplines. For instance, wounds may be caused by trauma, vascular …

The wound healing process consists of a carefully coordinated sequence of events after a
cutaneous injury leading to regeneration of the skin protective barrier. 1 After an initial insult …

Chronic wounds are characterized by their inability to heal within an expected time frame
and have emerged as an increasingly important clinical problem over the past several …

Uniformity of quality of the care rendered to patients with wounds has been a paramount
desire of clinicians, government regulators, and third-party payers. Whether it was for the …

The body's response to tissue injury in a healthy individual is an intricate, sequential
physiologic process that results in timely healing with full re-epithelialization, resolution of …

Introduction: About 2% of the Western world population suffer from chronic wounds, resulting
from underlying disorders (eg, diabetes, excessive pressure, vascular insufficiencies and …