Wound healing: from passive to smart dressings

M Farahani, A Shafiee - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The universal increase in the number of patients with nonhealing skin wounds imposes a
huge social and economic burden on the patients and healthcare systems. Although, the …

Negative pressure wound therapy for surgical wounds healing by primary closure

G Norman, C Shi, EL Goh, EM Murphy… - Cochrane Database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Indications for the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) are broad
and include prophylaxis for surgical site infections (SSIs). Existing evidence for the …

Common elective orthopaedic procedures and their clinical effectiveness: umbrella review of level 1 evidence

AW Blom, RL Donovan, AD Beswick, MR Whitehouse… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the clinical effectiveness of common elective orthopaedic
procedures compared with no treatment, placebo, or non-operative care and assess the …

A bilayer mupirocin/bupivacaine-loaded wound dressing based on chitosan/poly (vinyl alcohol) nanofibrous mat: Preparation, characterization, and controlled drug …

S Habibi, T Mohammadi, R HMTShirazi, F Atyabi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
An infected skin wound caused by external injury remains a serious challenge. Electrospun
drug-loaded nanofibers with antibacterial properties based on biopolymers have been …

Challenges and innovations in treating chronic and acute wound infections: from basic science to clinical practice

X Ding, Q Tang, Z Xu, Y Xu, H Zhang, D Zheng… - Burns & …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Acute and chronic wound infection has become a major worldwide healthcare burden
leading to significantly high morbidity and mortality. The underlying mechanism of infections …

Smart and versatile biomaterials for cutaneous wound healing

M Li, W Xia, YM Khoong, L Huang, X Huang… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - spj.science.org
The global increase of cutaneous wounds imposes huge health and financial burdens on
patients and society. Despite improved wound healing outcomes, conventional wound …

Effect of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy vs standard wound dressing on surgical-site infection in obese women after cesarean delivery: a randomized …

MG Tuuli, J Liu, ATN Tita, S Longo, A Trudell, EB Carter… - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Obesity increases the risk of both cesarean delivery and surgical-site infection.
Despite widespread use, it is unclear whether prophylactic negative pressure wound …

Incisional negative pressure wound therapy for the prevention of surgical site infection: an up-to-date meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

H Groenen, H Jalalzadeh, DR Buis… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The evidence on prophylactic use of negative pressure wound therapy on
primary closed incisional wounds (iNPWT) for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI) …

Infection-responsive long-term antibacterial bone plates for open fracture therapy

L Zhang, Y Yang, YH Xiong, YQ Zhao, Z Xiu, HM Ren… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The infections in open fracture induce high morbidity worldwide. Thus, developing efficient
anti-infective orthopedic devices is of great significance. In this work, we designed a kind of …

Gemini dressing with both super-hydrophilicity and-hydrophobicity pursuing isolation of blood cells for hemostasis and wound healing

Q Li, E Hu, K Yu, R Xie, F Lu, B Lu, R Bao, F Dai… - Advanced Fiber …, 2023 - Springer
Achieving efficient hemostasis and wound management is vital to preserve life and restore
health in case of extensive hemorrhagic skin damage. Here, we develop a filter pump-like …