Significance: A moist wound environment has several benefits that result in faster and better
quality of healing. It facilitates autolytic debridement, reduces pain, reduces scarring …

Unfortunately, no population-based cancer register records the incidence of MFWs, 5 and
prevalence is underreported because of shame, embarrassment, and fear, 6 thus a more …

Background Fungating wounds arise from primary, secondary or recurrent malignant
disease and are associated with advanced cancer. A small proportion of patients may …

The process of wound healing is often accompanied by bacterial infection or critical
colonization, resulting in protracted inflammation, delayed reepithelization, and production …

Wound care is the oldest discipline in medicine and serves as a metaphor for all that
medical science has strived to accomplish since earliest man—knitting back together what …

Aim To determine from a multi-disciplinary and international perspective current practice in
the management of wound odour. Background Malodour is cited by patients and carers as …

Purpose: To identify the latest data on interventions in the management of malignant
fungating wounds (WFWs). Methods: A systematic review has been conducted to explore the …

Simple Summary Cancerous wound is a very distressing condition developing mainly in the
end-of-life oncological treatment. There is no comprehensive treatment algorithm. Abstract …

Chronic wounds adversely affect the quality of life of individuals and odour is a well-
recognised associated factor. Odour can affect sleep, well-being, social interactions, diet …

Background: The management of chronic wounds is a significant medical burden associated
with large health care expenditures. Since the establishment of moist wound healing in the …