This website is intended for healthcare professionals

Practice

Meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus pyomyositis and cellulitis in right thigh of a 15-year-old boy: a case study

Pyomyositis has a predilection for large muscle groups and often results in localised abscess...

Concurrent optical and magnetic stimulation therapy in patients with lower extremity hard-to-heal wounds

This clinical investigation was planned as a multicentre, prospective, comparative, clinical study....

Sternal wound infections after sternotomy: risk factors, prevention and management

The complexity of sternal wounds lies in the deceiving nature of their surface appearance. What may...

Neuropathic ulcers in leprosy: clinical features, diagnosis and treatment

Assessment of an extra-plantar and/or plantar neuropathic ulcer aims to determine the area and depth...

Pilot study of the diagnostic value of CRP:albumin ratio for osteomyelitis in patients with diabetic foot ulcers

Data for 142 hospitalised patients were retrospectively obtained from the patient registration...

Use of collagen and negative pressure wound therapy on a diabetic foot ulcer: a case study

In August 2019, a 64-year-old male patient with a medical history of diabetes and a previous...

Pain and analgesics in patients with hard-to-heal ulcers: using telemedicine or standard consultations

The main finding of the study was the high percentage of ulcer pain (46%) in patients with...

Diabetic foot ulcer management in a multidisciplinary foot centre: one-year healing, amputation and mortality rate

The DFS at University Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris is has an outpatient unit which can attend...

Successful treatment of a diabetic foot ulcer with exposed bone using Trigona honey: a case study

A 38-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic in Indonesia as an outpatient with a...

Evaluation of infrared technology to detect category I and suspected deep tissue injury in hospitalised patients

A total of 68 participants (17 cases and 51 controls) were recruited from a sample of 73 patients,...

Referral of patients with diabetic foot ulcers in four European countries: patient follow-up after first GP visit

The first phase of this study (based on previous publications2,3 which assessed the role of...

Securing split-thickness skin grafts using negative-pressure wound therapy without suture fixation

The details of the two groups are described in Table 1. A total of 30 patients (25 males, 5 females)...