Cardiovascular Systems Presents Liberty 360° Two-Year Outcomes at 2018 Amputation Prevention Symposium

August 13, 2018
BusinessWire

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI®) (NASDAQ: CSII), a medical device company developing and commercializing innovative interventional treatment systems for patients with peripheral and coronary artery disease, presented two-year outcomes from its LIBERTY 360° study in a late-breaking presentation at the 2018 Amputation Prevention Symposium (AMP) in Chicago.

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Material could offer ‘smarter’ wound healing

August 8, 2018
Futurity

A new study takes a step toward the development of smarter skin grafts that facilitate healing while minimizing infection for chronic skin wounds. “Our group has expertise in developing new polymers and functional surface assemblies for biomedical applications,” says Svetlana Sukhishvili, professor and director of the soft matter facility at Texas A&M University.

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Manuka Honey for acne, burns, and wounds

August 8, 2018
Reports Healthcare

Acne is such a common problem that nearly everyone suffers from it at least once in life. There are so many solutions for getting rid of acne online but finding one that actually works is the quite long procedure of research. You may also come to know about the medical products treating acne but using natural products is always a better idea.

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Acellular and cellular approaches to improve diabetic wound healing

August 8, 2018
Science Direct

Chronic diabetic wounds represent a huge socioeconomic burden for both affected individuals and the entire healthcare system. Although the number of available treatment options as well as our understanding of wound healing mechanisms associated with diabetes has vastly improved over the past decades, there still remains a great need for additional therapeutic options. Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine approaches provide great advantages over conventional treatment options, which are mainly aimed at wound closure rather than addressing the underlying pathophysiology of diabetic wounds. 

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Clinical Study Shows Efficacy of Dual-Ring Wound Protector in Lowering Surgical Site Infection in Pancreaticoduodenectomy Procedures

July 30, 2018
BusinessWire

New clinical evidence demonstrates the value of Applied Medical’s Alexis wound protector/retractor in pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) procedures, also known as Whipple procedures. A study published this month in the Annals of Surgery showcases a significant reduction in PD surgical site infection (SSI) when the dual-ring Alexis wound protector/retractor was used.

 

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Topical oxygen therapy stimulates healing in difficult, chronic wounds: a tertiary centre experience

July 30, 2018
Journal of Wound Care

Objective: Oxygen plays a central role in wound healing. Recent technological advances have miniaturised oxygen delivery systems, with novel topical oxygen therapy allowing patients to receive oxygen therapy 24 hours a day while remaining completely mobile. Here we aim to examine the efficacy and safety of continuous topical oxygen diffusion in a ‘real-world’ setting.

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Three-minute thesis: Healing diabetic wounds: a team approach

July 27, 2018
Cosmos - The Science of Everything

Every 20 seconds, a limb is amputated because of complications in the delayed healing of chronic diabetic wounds. Understanding the mechanisms behind this delayed healing is key to developing therapies to encourage better healing and prevent the needless loss of limbs to diabetes.

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