I recently admitted my first resident with a surgical incision with staples intact in a hip wound. Do you have tips on how to care for this wound? First and foremost, ensure that you read and ...

For years, orthopedic teams have increasingly used single-use, prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (sNPWT) to reduce these complications. These dressings support healing by applying ...

TenMed Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine is proud to announce the opening of a new wound care center in Lawrenceville, GA.

SOLASCURE Ltd ("SolasCure"), a biotechnology company developing a novel treatment to transform chronic wound care and the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research ("USAISR"), today announced a ...

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KCI, an Acelity Company, today announced the availability of PREVENA RESTOR BELLA•FORM™ System, specifically designed to manage post-operative incisions, as well as the ...

Innovations in spine surgery are opening up new opportunities for patient quality and reducing complications. Surgeons say minimally invasive approaches have reduced wound drainage, infections and ...

Surgeons use surgical staples to close an incision after surgery as an alternative option to sutures. They are quick and easy to use and typically have a low risk of infection. During most surgical ...

A bundle of protocols including patient education, skin prep, and glove changes reduced infections at a large US surgical ...

The amount of time it takes for dissolvable stitches to disintegrate on their own can depend on many factors, including the type of surgery, the material of the stitches, and the size. Dissolvable ...

Thoracic surgery — the treatment of diseases of the lungs, airways and chest — has changed more in the last 30 years than in the century before it. For patients, that evolution now means smaller ...

The postoperative care initiative at a California-based children's hospital has 11 elements. A new approach to cardiac surgery postoperative care at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford slashed ...