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A patch of skin
An interdisciplinary researcher team from the University of Sheffield has developed an ultra-fine, 3-dimensional scaffold to regenerate skin for wound healing. It dissolves after Read more …
A deeper view of wound infections
Launched last year, the Wound Infection Institute (WII), supported by Smith & Nephew Wound Management, now has a 130-strong membership, which include leading clinicians and Read more …
The hydro-active wound dressing
The German firm Hartmann reports that Hydrotul, its new hydrocolloid impregnated dressing, combines the benefits of conventional impregnated dressings with those of hydro-active Read more …
What wounds tell us
Every day, patients are admitted to surgeries, hospitals and outpatient clinics with chronic wounds. Careful inspection gives a wound therapist clues to the appropriate primary Read more …
New surgical procedure for effective thermofusion and dissection of vessels
The Californian company SurgRx and ERBE Elektromedizin of Tubingen, Germany, have negotiated an international distribution agreement for the EnSealTM PTC tissue sealing and Read more …
Sales up for painless wound closure devices
A dramatic change in the market for painless wound closure devices is predicted during the next five years due to advances in medical and surgical technologies.
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A ‘one-stop-shop’ for disaster, rescue and emergency care
Visitors coming to MEDICA to purchase pre-hospital emergency equipment will not be disappointed. Specialist exhibitors are plentiful this year.
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High-tech plaster for analgesic therapy
It sticks to the skin like a plaster, but this credit-card sized innovation contains an entire patient-controlled drug-delivery system.
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Hyperbaric oxygen treatment
Rationale and effectiveness in the non-healing diabetic foot ulcer patient.
By Peter HJ Mueller and Robert A Warriner III
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Secondary healing wounds
An application report by assistant plastic surgeon Thomas Aigner, and F Weyer, of the Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, at St. Polten Hospital, Austria Read more …