Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is becoming a commonplace treatment in many
clinical settings. New devices and dressings are being introduced. Despite widespread …

Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation (NPWTi) and dwell time is an adjunctive
treatment modality for selected complex wounds. Because of the greater amount of research …

Diabetic foot (DF) is a common complication of diabetes and the first cause of hospital
admission in diabetic patients. In recent years several guidelines have been proposed to …

Objective: A growing body of literature supports use of negative pressure wound therapy
(NPWT) with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) with positive clinical outcomes and …

Diabetic foot disease frequently leads to substantial long-term complications, imposing a
huge socioeconomic burden on available resources and health-care systems. Peripheral …

Burn wounds disrupt the body's primary defense against invasion and colonization by
microorganisms. Topical antimicrobials are one component in burn wound care. These …

The standard of care for wound coverage is to use an autologous skin graft. However, large
or chronic wounds become an exceptionally challenging problem especially when donor …

Diabetes now affects more than 371 million people worldwide, with $471 billion spent in
2012 on diabetes-related health care. 1 In 2012, 4.8 million people worldwide died of …

Abstract A new method (VAC ULTA™ Therapy System, KCI USA, Inc., San Antonio, TX)
combines the benefits of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT; VAC® Therapy, KCI …

Biofilms are communities of microbes that exist in a variety of environments. The
extracellular substances secreted by biofilms make them difficult to eradicate, giving the …