Treatment with an intramuscular hepatocyte growth factor reduced healing time and promoted full ulcer healing compared with placebo in patients with peripheral artery disease.

A model of the a-Heal wearable device. As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called “a-Heal,” ...

With a technique that overcomes cells’ innate social behaviors, researchers have taken an important step in directing skin cells to migrate en masse to close wounds _ “literally making skin crawl,” ...

Researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, along with collaborators in Germany and Switzerland, say their work has revealed new ...

To evolve wound care, it will be important for facilities to take a long view...one that is strategic & rooted in a spirit of continuous improvement. Evolution in creating a Wound Care Culture™ should ...

For many long-term care facilities, wound care is largely tactical. Treatment protocol is often standardized and focused on the wound at hand. Best practice usually consists of placing medical ...

RenovaCare’s CellMist System Promises to Accelerate the Healing of Burns and Wounds A technology for spraying a patient’s own stem cells onto severe burns is helping patients to leave the hospital ...

Artificial intelligence tools are dramatically cutting the time needed to diagnose, stage and treat complex wounds in the elderly. Ultimately, the promise of AI could lead to improved wound ...

Wound dehiscence is a surgical complication where an incision reopens either internally or externally. Also known as wound breakdown, wound disruption, or wound separation, these terms describe when a ...