Can Virtual Reality Help Manage Dressing Change Pain?
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by brooke.siefert
1y ago
March 4, 2021 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Wound Care Regardless of whether a wound is chronic or due to trauma or burn, wound patients often report that dressing changes are by far the most painful part of their recovery process. In fact, a 2015 study examined dressing change pain in over 500 patients with various wound types and found that 74% of those patients suffer from moderate to severe pain during dressing changes. Opioids tend to be the primary method of pain treatment among wound and burn care patients yet also come with the potential for negative side effects, possible d ..read more
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As Warned, Diabetic Amputations Spiked During Pandemic
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by brooke.siefert
1y ago
February 16, 2022 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Wound Care During the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, diabetic patients in the U.S. presented with more severe infections, more emergencies and were more likely to undergo diabetic amputations than before the pandemic. One study found that patients were 10.8 times more likely to undergo a lower limb amputation during the pandemic than before it began. Experts predicted the risks of postponing wound care. A special communication in the March 2020 issue of the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association noted that “d ..read more
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Offloading for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: How to Urge Patient Compliance
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by brooke.siefert
1y ago
October 21, 2021 Wound Care Ten years ago, in 2011, the authors of “Lower extremity amputations — a review of global variability in incidence” stated that the incidence of diabetes mellitus had reached “pandemic status.” In fact, one in ten Americans has diabetes, according to the most recent data report, and one in three has pre-diabetes. High incidence of diabetes means higher numbers of diabetic foot ulcers, a complication experienced in an estimated 15% of the patient population during their lifetime. DFUs can lead to a cascade of poor outcomes and are associated with an enormous cost ..read more
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Ultraviolet Light: A Novel, New Adjunct?
Integra LifeSciences » Diabetic Foot Ulcer
by brooke.siefert
1y ago
October 19, 2021 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Wound Care Ancient Egyptians and Romans believed that sucking on a wound with one’s mouth could remove poisons and evil humors from within. By the late 1990s, this concept evolved into negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) as doctors advanced in the study of microbes and left humoral theory behind. Throughout the 20th century, doctors experimented with the tissue and wound response when under suction of a glass cup and various vacuum sealing systems. Then in 1997, Louis C. Argenta and Michael Morykwas published an article with results ..read more
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PriMatrix® and DFUs: New Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Finds Promising Outcomes
Integra LifeSciences » Diabetic Foot Ulcer
by brooke.siefert
1y ago
August 24, 2021 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Over 34.2 million Americans have diabetes, according to the 2020 National Diabetes Statistics Report, and upwards of 15% to 25% will experience a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) in their lifetime. These chronic non-healing wounds are not only prevalent, but they are also associated with staggeringly poor patient outcomes. They are the leading cause of nontraumatic amputations in the U.S., which are thought to occur in 1 in 6 DFU patients, according to 2018 data, as cited by Kirsner 2018. Beyond the risk of losing a limb, they are associated wi ..read more
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Skin Changes Associated With Comorbidities and Aging
Integra LifeSciences » Diabetic Foot Ulcer
by brooke.siefert
1y ago
June 10, 2021 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Wound Care The U.S. is about to experience a “gray tsunami.” By 2035, U.S. citizens aged 65 and older will outnumber those under age 18 for the first time ever and make up 21% of the population, according to a report in MIT Technology Review. As the average age of the U.S. population rises, researchers fear the resulting toll on society: increased need for medical and welfare programs and the resulting cost to the rest of the population. But what does this mean for wound reconstruction and wound care? Given that chronic non-healing wounds ..read more
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Why Do Black Patients Face a 300% Higher Limb Amputation Risk?
Integra LifeSciences » Diabetic Foot Ulcer
by brooke.siefert
1y ago
June 2, 2021 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Wound Care Patients with diabetes and peripheral artery disease (PAD) face a very real risk — limb amputation. But Black patients also face a grim reality. Non-traumatic amputation rates for Black patients are up to eight times higher than the U.S. average, depending on location, according to data from a Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Series, and regardless of location, they are up three times more likely than any other race to receive an amputation. Amputations can be devastating. Half of patients with a diabetic foot ulcer who undergo amp ..read more
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Adaptable Solutions Using Fetal Bovine Dermis in Soft Tissue Reconstruction
Integra LifeSciences » Diabetic Foot Ulcer
by brooke.siefert
1y ago
Watch On Demand Composed of robust fetal bovine collagen, PriMatrix® is an acellular matrix designed to support cellular repopulation and revascularization in various clinical applications. It has demonstrated clinical success regardless of wound type, location, size or complexity, in diverse operative settings and for a wide spectrum of patients.  This adaptability makes it an excellent choice to treat a wide range of surgically challenging wounds. In this webinar, a panel of clinicians highlight their use of PriMatrix® around the adaptability of the technology. Their surgical indicati ..read more
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Efficient & Effective Ways to Manage Lower Extremity Wounds
Integra LifeSciences » Diabetic Foot Ulcer
by brooke.siefert
1y ago
Watch On Demand Lower extremity reconstruction can be challenging and costly for both the patient and healthcare system. Two recent retrospective studies, published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery by Stephen J. Kovach, M.D., FACS, and John P. Fischer, M.D., MPH, FACS, compared the effectiveness and cost of three modalities commonly used for complex lower extremity reconstruction: Integra® Bilayer Wound Matrix, local tissue rearrangement and free flap. In this webinar, Drs. Stephen J. Kovach and John P. Fischer present study data as well as their clinical insight and case examples to di ..read more
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Complex Wound Physical Therapists Talk Successful Surgeon Collaborations
Integra LifeSciences » Diabetic Foot Ulcer
by brooke.siefert
1y ago
April 12, 2021 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Frank Aviles, who oversees wound services at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center in Louisiana, remembers being at home on a Saturday when a surgeon called him. The surgeon was so concerned about a patient’s large wound that he wanted to drive over, pick up Aviles to examine it together. Aviles suggested opening the patient up so the surgeon could see the entire wound bed. Then, thinking his work was done, he left the room. Minutes later, he responded to an urgent page and found the patient sedated, the wound open and clearly infected, an ..read more
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